MI5 has launched a recruitment programme to lure interns from a wider social background. The posts are aimed at ethnic minority applicants from working class families. Candidates are warned not to discuss their application for the £24,717-a-year post with anyone other than a close family member. Director general Andrew Parker said: “Keeping the country safe is a challenge that requires the best efforts of the richest mix of the most talented people. Charity boss David Johnston said: “They are very aware of the stereotype – you go to Eton, Oxford and then you become James Bond.

Source: Daily Mirror November 16, 2019 20:26 UTC