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”
Jenny Dent
someone who listens and watches on a daily basis and found the difference between what he verbalizes and what actually does are as opposite as the north and south pole
Asteri
I am the last person to defend the Labour party and and Blair family, Labour are a poison on this land, I think I hate them more than the Tories; at least you know where you stand with them.
Again this business thing is purely ideological, business is about luck and personal situation. The rags to riches narrative about successful business owners building themselves up from nothing is a myth that Tories like to put about as an answer for everything. As is the idea that no one who works outside the private sector does anything worthwhile and don’t contribute.
Keith M
I dont get it – Cameron has experienced disability in his own family, yet he appoints an a*sehole like this.
Keith M
Chickens will come home to roost for them Peter.
Keith M
Spot on – except McVeigh was booted out and probably replaced by someone even nastier.