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The head of Britain’s equalities watchdog is being kept on in her role after attempts to oust her, but only for one more year.
Baroness Falkner has been given an unexpected extension to her role as chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, ministers announced yesterday.
It had been widely thought that she would be dropped when her four-year term ended this month and would be replaced by a Labour grandee such as Baroness Harman, architect of the Equality Act.
Lady Falkner, 69, had also survived repeated attempts by gender activists including her own staff to oust her because of her staunch defence of women’s rights.
Her allies now hope she can use her extra year to complete important work on protecting…
