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The role will be handed to an existing minister to do on top of their other position.

Charities said the decision to fill the vacant post by an existing member of the Government, who already has other responsibilities, was an 'appalling and retrograde' step

The role was left vacant last week, and the brief will now be added to the existing portfolio of minister Mims Davies.

Rishi Sunak has scrapped the dedicated minister for disabled people, Downing Street confirmed today.

No 10 will pass responsibilities to an existing member of government, which charities say is ‘retrograde move’

EXCLUSIVE: The Governments new Disability Minister has spoken out for the first time since her appointment, telling the Express that she promises she will make sure no one is left behind.

EXCLUSIVE: The Governments new Disability Minister has spoken out for the first time since her appointment, telling the Express that she promises she will make sure no one is left behind.

The role will be handed to an existing minister to do on top of their other position.

Minister reveals that limited digital testing – which began four years ago – is intended to inform and support a plan to ‘scale the service gradually and safely’ over the coming months The Department for Work and Pensions is working to ensure the “functionality and stability” of its new onlin

The political challenge now being mounted against Labour must be thought through to the end.