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”
Anna Conaghan
because we are letting them, most people are sadly too interested in fighting amongst eath other
John Gibson
That’s right. And we’ve decided to make the disabled pay for the banking failure. What a great nation we are.
david Morris
Oh yes and he will continue his crusade against the poorest and sickest in our society, while Cameron goes on giving India another £billion plus to spend on submarines.
ieuan jones
All politians are liers because they sit on there ass and get lots of money and laughing at us who is not doing well in Britain and I don’t care if you are in any colour of a party because you are all liars.
Mark Saunders
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