101 Things You Should Know About the UK Tory Government
Thing 12
Gillian Keegan, the fifth Minister of State for Education in four months, had to apologise for putting people's lives at risk in her former role as Conservative health minister.
“Tory health minister Gillian Keegan apologises for 'error of judgement' after she continued meeting with three bereaved fathers despite testing positive for Covid on lateral flow." (MailOnline: 09/02/22)
Keegan has also been involved in accusations of cronyism that has haunted the Tory Party. This was the headline from the Sun, (4th September 2022) commentating on her spouse.
“DEALS PROBE Minister’s husband under fire after £24m government contracts handed to his company"
theyworkforyou.com informs us that Gillian Keegan has voted AGAINST increased funding of public services; AGAINST scrapping university fees; AGAINST restoring the Education Maintenance Allowance; AGAINST maintenance grants and bursaries for nurses; AGAINST ending the public sector pay cap and AGAINST increasing the minimum wage.
