Welfare minister told “stop bullying us”

BBC News report that disability rights campaigner Kaliya Franklin told Lord Freud at a Work Programme fringe event at the Conservative conference to “stop bullying us”.

Ms Franklin, who suffers from Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and uses a mobility scooter, told him “you are driving us away” by introducing more sanctions on those deemed able to work by government. After having a one-on-one chat with Ms Franklin, 36, after the meeting Lord Freud said he “heard what she had to say” and would reflect on it.

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