NEWS STORY : Dehenna Davison Stands Down as a Government Minister
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Dehenna Davison, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has announced that she was standing down from her role due to health reasons. Writing in a letter to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Davison said that she had been “battling with chronic migraine” for some time, and that the condition had made it “difficult, if not impossible” to carry out her ministerial duties. She added:
“Though I have tried to mitigate, and am grateful to colleagues for their patience at times, I don’t feel it is right to continue in the role. At such a critical time for levelling up, I believe the people of communities like mine, and across the country, deserve a minister who can give the job the energy it needs. I regret that I no longer can. And as my capacity is currently diminished, it feels right to focus it on my constituents and promoting conservatism from the backbenches.”
Davison was elected to Parliament in 2019, becoming the first Conservative MP for Bishop Auckland in over 100 years. She was appointed to her ministerial role in September 2022 at the age of just 29 and she was responsible for overseeing the government’s levelling up agenda. Davison had already announced her decision to stand down from Parliament at the next General Election.
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