A man with cerebral palsy angrily tackled Jacob Rees-Mogg over Conservative cuts and “shameful” fitness to work tests at the party's annual conference in Manchester.
Dominic Hutchins, 43, confronted Conservative MP and Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg outside the conference on Monday afternoon.
Mr Hutchins, who has cerebral palsy, passionately told Mr Rees-Mogg he was a "disgrace."
The disability activist challenged the Commons leader on the Government’s track record on disability rights.
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He berated Mr Rees-Mogg over policies that he blames for causing the loss of his job as a youth worker and which saw him undergo a “humiliating” test to prove his disability.
He said: "You're just another Eton millionaire Tory who looks down on disabled people.
"You basically said you're disabled, but are you really disabled?
"It's shameful."
Mr Rees-Mogg defended the Government’s approach as being “there to support” people as he stopped to listen to the ember of the Disabled People Against Cuts group.
But Hutchins repeatedly replied "Rubbish."
"People keep voting you back in and making the same...
"Ten years, ten years Jacob...it does not change.
"How long do you need?" He asked.
"Can you tell Boris, because he appears to be deaf."
Speaking later to The Mirror, Mr Hutchins, who lives near Stockport, Greater Manchester, said: “He heard me but it’s all lip service.
“A lot of people with disabilities can’t do this, their voices aren’t heard so I tried to go out to make the point.
“I have had cerebral palsy from birth. Two years ago I had to prove I have still got cerebral palsy,” he said.
“I had an hour-long assessment telling them everything I can’t do - do you know how inhuman that is?”
He claimed: “They are making it harder and harder - it’s shameful.”
