In recent hours, it was revealed that the London Metropolitan Police allocates millions of pounds sterling to 'inclusive' policies
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The Metropolitan Police (Met) in London is once again at the center of controversy after it was revealed that it allocates £5.2 million annually to maintain 64 employees dedicated exclusively to diversity and inclusion, even as it prepares for thousands of layoffs and police station closures due to a £250 million financial crisis.
The data show that the Met remains committed to the "woke" agenda despite having announced the loss of 3,300 police officers in 2025 and 2026 and the closure of ten additional public counters.
Spending on the "Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Unit" already reaches £3.2 million, and will increase to £5.2 million once all vacancies are filled. The force itself acknowledged that this figure doesn't include other diversity-related positions in different areas of the institution.
The report also reveals a profusion of symbolic projects within the police force. Its "diversity calendar" includes 63 celebrations, among them International Pronouns Day, Kindness to Humanity Week, and Pansexual and Panromantic Day.
Las elevadas erogaciones de dinero están destinadas a mantener a 64 empleados dedicados a la ''inclusión''
There are also 47 internal support networks, such as the bisexual employees group, the "He For She" movement, and associations for 19 different ethnic communities, including Italians, Poles, Ibero-Americans, Slavs, and Romanians.
The spending has caused political and social outrage. The Conservative leader in the London Assembly, Susan Hall, described the situation as "pure woke madness" and lamented that the police "prefer to organize Tsunami Week rather than arrest criminals."
In the same vein, Reform UK MP Lee Anderson criticized that "diversity shouldn't matter; what matters is competence and public safety. The Met has gone from fighting crime to funding ideological departments."
From the TaxPayers’ Alliance, the spending was denounced as "astonishing waste" and the force was urged to "abandon frivolities and get back to basics: putting officers on the streets." According to the organization, Londoners are paying for a "diversity bureaucracy" while watching their neighborhoods lose police officers and stations.
Distintas figuras conservadoras han lanzado durísimas críticas a la Policía Metropolitana y el gobierno socialista
The controversy is deepened by cuts in other areas. The Met confirmed that it will reduce its historic mounted division by almost half, founded in 1763. Of 93 horses, only 40 will remain, and 69 of the 120 officers will be reassigned.
Five of the seven stables at the Surrey barracks will also be closed. Although the force assures that officers will not be dismissed, the contrast between the reduction of an emblematic operational unit and the increase in diversity staff has been described as "incoherent and shameful."
In addition to the cuts in the mounted division, the adjustment plan includes the loss of 1,700 officers, PCSOs, and civilian employees, as well as the elimination of services such as the royal parks police and school teams. Crucial departments such as forensics and historical crimes could also face cuts, while public service counters will be reduced.
El plan de ajuste de la policía incluye despedir a cientos de agentes de la montada
Even with financial aid from the central government and the mayor of London, the Met has only avoided the "devastating reductions" that would have meant the loss of 2,300 additional officers. However, critics argue that the underlying problem is not only economic, but also one of priorities and leadership.
Meanwhile, violent crime, robberies, and insecurity continue to rise in the capital, the United Kingdom's main police force seems more focused on managing pronouns, themed weeks, and identity networks than on strengthening its presence on the streets.
The result is an institution disconnected from its founding purpose, sacrificing operational resources to fund an ideological bureaucracy. What should be a visible and effective police force becomes a self-absorbed organization, concerned with its image and with fulfilling an internal political agenda.
With thousands fewer officers, retired horses, and closed police stations, London taxpayers are watching as the Met invests millions in diversity while crime rises and safety declines. A paradox that, for many, demonstrates just how far "woke culture" has invaded even the foundations of the country's most essential institutions.
El crimen violento en Londres ha aumentado drásticamente
