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New fund to help disabled people become MPs

By Helen Duffett | Wed 16th February 2011 - 6:53 pm

Disabled people who want to become MPs, councillors or other elected officials will have access to a fund to help them overcome the barriers they face, under Government proposals published today.

A £1 million package, including training and mentoring programmes are planned, following the recommendations made by the cross-party Speaker’s Conference in January 2010 on how to improve the representation of women, disabled people and minority ethnic people in the House of Commons.

Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone said,

We are committed to cleaning up politics and restoring the trust of the people in Parliament. A key tool in doing this is

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