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Scrutiny committee slams Welsh government's failure to recruit diverse candidates

SENEDD members have slammed the Welsh government for its failure to recruit diverse candidates from across Wales.

The public administration committee report exposes a series of problems with an inaccessible recruitment process, which focused on candidates usually clustered around Cardiff.

Committee chairman Mark Isherwood said unequal opportunities led to profoundly unequal workplace biases, which marginalise people who live outside Cardiff and candidates with disabilities who need support with their applications.

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