LONDON: ’s “incredibly quick” transformation is seeing women join the workforce at “unimaginable levels,” the UK’s defense minister has said.
Praising the Kingdom as a “strong ally” of Britain at an event on the sidelines of the Conservative Party conference, Grant Shapps lauded societal change in , The Times reported on Monday.
“Forget everything you think you know about . Actually, the country is changing incredibly quickly,” he said, citing “women in the workplace at levels that would be unimaginable three or four years ago.”
He added: “What you can’t underestimate is the impact that is having on their society and the way they govern.”
’s “society is moving very much in a way we have always called for societies around the world to move,” Shapps said.
