Sounds like he's brimming with compassion
The new minister for Disabled People at the Department of Work and Pensions is no friend of the vulnerable if his voting record is anything to go by.
Justin Tomlinson MP, who David Cameron appointed this morning in his cabinet reshuffle, voted for a number of draconian policies directed at disabled people over the course of the previous parliament.
These included:
- Voting against 365-day exceptions on contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance for those undergoing cancer treatment:
- Voting for the Bedroom Tax:
- Voting against the long-term sick and disabled receiving Employment and Support Allowance on the same basis as if they had made sufficient National Insurance contributions to qualify for a contribution-based allowance:
- Voting against setting the lower rate of Universal Credit in relation to disabled children at a minimum two-thirds of the higher rate:
- Voting against allowing benefits to increase in line with prices:
Sounds like he’s brimming with compassion.
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64 Responses to “He voted against benefit exceptions for cancer patients: meet the new minister for disabled people”
tanith
be careful tory parasites 1 never knows whats awaiting THEM just around the corner
Denise Lewis
Can you supply figures and data please to qualify your argument.
Chrishove123
Maybe your precious tories had better start making the major corporates like Amazon ALL pay their taxes. Then we would have enough to go into education AND the NHS.
Ian Jd Andrews
you are just one accident away from being at the mercy of these ghouls, once there it destroys your life in short order
Janet T-Tremaine
It was on BBC news today that Amazon will be declaring its earnings in the countries where they are generated.