Mims Davies has been named as minister for sport and civil society
A new UK charities minister has been appointed – after the last one fell out with the government over gambling.
Mims Davies has been named as minister for sport and civil society.
She replaces Tracey Crouch, who resigned last week over the Tory government’s decision to delay changes to gambling rules, which could see millions plunged into debt and misery.
Davies will take over Crouch’s rather wide portfolio which, as well as charities, social enterprise and the betting sector, includes youth, sport, loneliness, and lotteries.
She has been the Tory MP for Eastleigh since 2015 – and she campaigned for Leave during the Brexit referendum.
Davies tweeted that she “can’t wait to get started” and was congratulated by Crouch, who tweeted: “congratulations Mims Davies. You’ll be brilliant.”
Sir John Low, chief executive of the Charities Aid Foundation, welcomed her, but added: "It is disappointing that the prime minister did not take this opportunity to reinstate a stand-alone Minister for Civil Society.
“Given the challenges faced by the sector and the huge impact it has on people’s lives it would undoubtedly benefit from a dedicated minister who can push forward the wide-ranging and ambitious plans set out earlier this year."
good luck with your new post, please stand up for the small people.
I do a little work for SSAFA the soldiers charity, they have been hit hard as have a lot of charities by Covid and not been able to collect by boxes in pubs for example, there are a number of contact less systems around but expensive, would the government be willing to fund some of these to get charities started, this may pay in the long run as charities will doing work that otherwise the government will have to pay for. Best Wishes David