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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

ParalympicsGB’s ‘deep concern’ over downgrading of disability minister

Reece Dunn of Team GB reacts after winning the gold medal and setting a world record in the 200m freestyle, S14 final, in Tokyo
Team GB’s Reece Dunn won five medals at Tokyo 2020. Photograph: Adam Pretty/Getty Images

ParalympicsGB has published an open letter to the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, expressing “deep concern” over the government’s decision to abolish the role of minister of state for disabled people.

In a sign of the organisation’s new determination to “drive social change” as well as deliver sporting performance, the chair of ParalympicsGB, Dave Clarke, called on Sunak to both reinstate the position and “deliver on [the] promises” the government has made regarding disability sport.

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