Government funding for Stonewall criticised

Government funding for controversial pro-trans lobby group Stonewall has risen, despite weakening public support.

Stonewall’s annual report reveals that “government sources” provided £618,757 to the year ending 31 March 2024 – an increase of more than eight percent on the previous year.

Decreasing donations and legacies accounted for less than a quarter of its income, while funding from initiatives such as its Diversity Champions schemes also fell, from £2.9m to £2.4m.

‘Rogue agenda’

Chief Executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance John O’Connell stated: “Taxpayers will be shocked that the state is effectively paying to prop up a charity that has gone increasingly rogue in its agenda.”

He added: “For years Stonewall has been attempting to drag swathes of the public sector into uncharted waters which most of the British public want to go nowhere near, yet it’s been receiving taxpayers’ money to further its demands.”

The rise came despite calls from Kemi Badenoch in 2023 as Minister for Women and Equalities for ministers to stop pandering to trans activist organisations such as Stonewall which were “pretending to be neutral”.

Growing backlash

Newcastle United fan Linzi Smith is preparing to sue the Football Association (FA) for promoting Stonewall’s divisive stance on gender ideology through its ‘Rainbow Laces’ campaign.

The FA has been warned that the politically-partisan campaign which expects players to wear Stonewall-supplied laces and armbands as an expression of their “commitment” to the LGBT cause have no place in the game.