Coronation Street's first disabled actor has said disabled people were killed by the government’s Covid failure. Speaking at a Labour Party Conference fringe event Cherylee Houston wept as she said 'we’re not seen as human', adding: “It makes me want to cry every time”.
Cherylee, 48, who has played Izzy Armstrong on the ITV soap for 12 years, blasted Tory ministers for failing to provide a British Sign Language interpreter at daily press conferences. That is despite six in 10 people who died with the virus being disabled.
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