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Health and Safety Minister Mike Penning blasted for heartless a day after schoolgirl’s funeral
Tory letter bemoaning public-sector ‘jobsworths’ condemned as fiddling while Rome burns
Crass Health and Safety Minister Mike Penning was slammed yesterday for a bulk mailout targeting public-sector “jobsworths” two weeks after 12-year-old Keane Wallis-Bennett was crushed to death at school in Edinburgh.
The Hemel Hempstead MP sent the letter to councils and schools condemning “ridiculous” measures justified by health and safety concerns.
He listed examples of a school refusing to allow a chick being brought in and a Scottish council’s ban on dog shows in a community hall to back up his claims.
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