BNP Racist works for Child Support Agency

May 2, 2008

Frank Swayne, a claims handler for the child support agency in the Hastings CSA office, is an active member of the racist British National Party. Swayne, the racist CSA worker, plans to stand for election for the BNP in next week’s local elections.

Gordon Brown is being urged to step in and ban the CSA worker, and another BNP member, Daniel Thorlby who handles pensions in Newcastle, from standing for election.

Labour MP Michael Foster is trying to stop the pair from standing:

It is outrageous that the DWP should have allowed these people to stand and I am asking the prime minister to look at this. We should follow the example of the police who do not employ members of the BNP because they would be perceived to be racist when dealing with the public.

Mark Serwotka is general secretary for the PCS, and he intends to attack the decision from the Department for Work and Pensions, who have allowed the two racists to stand for election, at the ‘Love Music, Hate Racism’ rally in East London’s Victoria Park on Sunday.

This department is supposed to be about helping some of the most vulnerable people in society, and promoting equality. How can it possibly be right for active BNP members to be working there?

A spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions stated:

Standing for election as a local councillor is, for a civil servant at this level, permitted by the civil service management code.

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