SADIQ Khan has splurged more than £1.5million a year on diversity bosses, The Sun can reveal.

Campaigners blasted the Mayor of London for spending much more on promoting "inclusion" than on managing fares on the transport network.

Sadiq Khan has been blasted for employing too many staff to work on diversity Credit: Reuters

Newly unearthed stats from Transport for London show that 30 senior bosses - earning at least £50,000 - have "diversity" in their job description.

And 34 highly paid members of staff are working on inclusion.

When Boris Johnson was Mayor, no TfL employees earned more than £50,000 for a diversity role.

There are just 18 senior managers who have "fares" in their job description.

And only four deal with climate change, despite the body overseeing all aspects of transport policy for the capital.

Mr Khan has been repeatedly accused of wasting money on trendy causes rather than good governance of London.

James Roberts of the Taxpayers' Alliance told The Sun: "This is a disappointing direction of travel for TfL.

"Diversity and tolerance are the lifeblood of the city and Londoners don't need to be paying for expensive spin doctors and quangocrats to tell them that.

"Crime and climate change are right up the agenda in terms of our transport network, but they barely get a look in.

"Khan needs to think again and make sure Transport for London is actually delivering value for London."

A spokesman for Mr Khan said: “It’s laughable for the Taxpayers’ Alliance to try and lecture Sadiq about the importance of diversity.

“These figures are deliberately misleading. Diversity and inclusion is a basic requirement of job descriptions for managing staff – whether staff working as engineers, delivering major upgrades on the Tube or working on transport policing.

“With Londoners still discriminated against because of sexuality, gender, disability or the colour of their skin, the Mayor makes no apology for wanting to TfL to be a champion for diversity and inclusion across the capital, ensuring it meets the needs of every single Londoner.”

Transport for London employs dozens of staff to work on diversity Credit: PA:Press Association

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