FCDO racially discriminated against black senior civil servant, tribunal rules

Sonia Warner, who oversaw government grants given to Nigerian organisations, was the victim of unconscious discrimination

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office racially discriminated against a black senior civil servant after launching an inquiry into her sex life, an employment tribunal has ruled.

Sonia Warner, a civil servant for 33 years who oversaw government grants given to Nigerian organisations, was the victim of unconscious discrimination when she was pushed away", disowned" or othered" by colleagues, it concluded.