UK firm not racist for rejecting Chinese applicant over security concerns, tribunal rules

Judge says refusing to hire people from ‘hostile’ states to roles that deal with national security is not discrimination Refusing to give a job to Chinese and Russian people in companies that deal with issues of national security and require security clearance is not racist, an employment tribunal has ruled.It is not discriminatory to stop people from “hostile” states taking up certain jobs in the defence sector because of the risk to British security, the judgment says. Continue reading...

Comments

World news

U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin plans 'aggressive' upgrade of F-35 fighter jet

washington times

Supreme Court opens door for ‘untold harm’ by upholding ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth, liberal justices warn

about 1 hour ago

Trump says ‘nobody knows what I’m going to do’ about Iran as he warns ‘the next week will be big’

Independent

Comments

Similar News

Iran and Israel conflict explained: What is going on and could the UK get involved?

Moment migrant 'taxi boat' stops to collect crowd of waist-deep UK-bound asylum seekers off Calais - with French cops watching on and banned from intervening

The world’s hottest country - where this week’s 30C UK heatwave would be nothing special

UK growth hit by ‘double blow’ of Labour pay roll taxes and US tariffs

I’m a Briton stuck in Israel – UK government has abandoned us in bomb shelters

Five crucial jobs that will not be conscripted in the UK if WW3 begins

Violence getting worse at France camps as migrants wait to get to UK – 1 reason blamed

Shabana Mahmood calls for ECHR reform, saying it has ‘endured because it has evolved’ and must do so again – UK politics live

UK temperatures of 45C may be possible in current climate, Met Office says

UK inflation falls to 3.4%, complicating Bank of England’s interest rate task

Report finds £2m of surplus UK general election funds ‘essentially disappeared’

UK Home Office tells parents their children should return to Brazil alone

UK politicians propose ban on pimping websites

Discarded clothes from UK brands dumped in protected Ghana wetlands

Full list of countries with the world's most English speakers - UK is only at number 4

UK gas plants in line for large windfall payments to keep lights on this winter

Russia ‘upgrades’ its nuclear sites closest to the UK

Trump threatens to keep 25% tariff on UK steel imports over Port Talbot concerns

The UK’s best saltwater lidos and sea pools

Tighter immigration rules could hit UK net zero mission, report warns

World news

U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin plans 'aggressive' upgrade of F-35 fighter jet

Kyiv rescuers find more bodies as death toll from latest Russian missile attack climbs to 28

Companies led by U.S. military veterans deliver aid in Africa and Gaza, alarming humanitarian groups

Iran's leader rejects call to surrender, saying U.S. intervention would cause 'irreparable damage'

British tourist slapped with £75k bill after taking photo at popular beauty spot

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei 'hiding in a bunker' as Trump pinpoints exact location

Huge Foreign Office blunder as 'flight rescue' email wrongly sent to Brits in Israel

Russia warns Donald Trump against military aid to Israel amid Iran conflict

Iran-Israel war outcome talked up by commentators that's actually highly unlikely

I'm an air safety expert - this first clue will show exactly what went wrong on Air India

Transatlantic airfares slump as Europeans continue to shun travel to America

Far-right flag used by Jan 6 rioters flown above government agency in DC

Chicago hospital evacuated over ‘catastrophic’ loss of air conditioning causing ‘oven-like’ conditions

Bunker buster bombs: The American weapon which could spell the end of Iran’s nuclear sites

Trump calls Fed Chair Jerome Powell ‘a stupid person’ ahead of key interest rate decision

Austria plans stricter gun laws following deadly school shooting

Supreme Court opens door for ‘untold harm’ by upholding ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth, liberal justices warn

Trump says ‘nobody knows what I’m going to do’ about Iran as he warns ‘the next week will be big’

Iran and Israel conflict explained: What is going on and could the UK get involved?

Air India crash survivor carries coffin of brother killed in disaster

Trump's pledge not to plunge U.S. into war questioned over his support for Israel's strikes on Iran

U.K. lawmakers vote to decriminalize abortion, aiming to end prosecutions under 19th-century law

JD Vance ‘sets record straight’ on Iran as he launches defence of ‘my friend’ Donald Trump

Every reason Israel's strikes on Iran were justified and Keir Starmer is blurring lines

The world's most visited museum forced to close due to 'too many tourists'

Tourists in Cyprus relax on balcony but then spot something terrifying in sky

The world’s hottest country - where this week’s 30C UK heatwave would be nothing special

Iran 'running out of missiles' as Donald Trump calls for 'unconditional surrender'

OutKick co-founder tells Rep. Ilhan Omar to ‘go back to Somalia’ in Hannity interview

‘These are the most magnificent poles made’: As Middle East rages, Trump brags about new flag poles at the White House

Diddy trial live: ‘Drug mule’ Brendan Paul expected to testify after jury shown more ‘freak off’ footage

By dragging the US into Iran, Trump risks giving Tehran the final showdown it wants

Iran’s leader warns US that strikes will ‘result in irreparable damage for them’

Pushers cast: Everyone starring in Rosie Jones’ Channel 4 comedy

Gleeful leftists cheering attacks on Israel don’t understand the true horror

I had an abortion – I no longer feel like a criminal

Person dies from rabies in Yorkshire after contact with dog in Morocco

How many people will be hit by PIP cuts – and how much will they lose?

British & Irish Lions team to face Argentina in full

Trump is about to plunge America into another forever war

Straight guys are “bad” at gossip. Maybe they should learn.

The one thing the Trump administration got very right

UAE says navigational error caused oil tankers to collide near Strait of Hormuz

Khamenei to Trump: Iran will not surrender

Health care, citizenship and LGBTQ+ rights: Five Supreme Court cases to watch

Brit shot dead outside Mexican supermarket 'in wrong place at the wrong time'

Tourists issued major advice after Brit dies from rabies after holiday dog bite

Deep sea fisherman reels in orange crab that 'looks exactly like Donald Trump'

Furious Kim Jong-Un 'edits officials out of photos' after warship humiliation

Summer travel packing essentials for fun in the sun

U.S. Fed likely to hold interest rate steady, but are cuts still coming?

Best travel totes for all your essentials (and then some)

Kraft, General Mills set to remove artificial dyes from U.S. products

12 top road trip essentials you need now

POLL: Should America join Israel’s war with Iran?

Heartbreaking moment Air India crash only survivor carries brother's coffin at funeral

Keir Starmer must be recalled – Iran faces anarchy unless West backs these 11 proposals