A disabled Tory peer has resigned as a board member of the equality watchdog over a government minister’s “collusion” with the decision not to appoint him as a disability commissioner.
Lord [Kevin] Shinkwin made the announcement in a speech in the House of Lords on Tuesday, during a debate on the human rights implications of Brexit.
He told peers that women and equalities minister Justine Greening had “colluded” with the decision of the Equality and Human Rights Commissioner (EHRC) to scrap the role of disability commissioner by appointing him instead as a general commissioner.
He told peers that he would not collude in this “shameful downgrading of disability”.
He has previously criticised the commission’s “shocking” behaviour over the appointment process.
He has also written to the prime minister, threatening to resign the Conservative whip and work instead as a crossbench peer.
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