{"id":121756,"date":"2023-11-27T20:59:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T20:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=121756"},"modified":"2023-11-27T20:59:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T20:59:04","slug":"tories-give-up-trying-with-young-people-after-quietly-scrapping-hq-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/tories-give-up-trying-with-young-people-after-quietly-scrapping-hq-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Tories \u2018give up trying with young people\u2019 after quietly scrapping HQ role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rishi Sunak chairs first Cabinet meeting following reshuffle<\/h3>\n

The Tories have been accused of further giving up on young people, after quietly shelving a job aimed at liaising with young party members.<\/p>\n

The Vice Chair for Youth role was created by Theresa May in her 2018 reshuffle, when she revived the party’s youth wing in the wake of overwhelming support from younger voters for Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 general election.<\/p>\n

Since then it’s been filled by a slew of MPs including Ben Bradley, Tom Pursglove, Nigel Huddleston, Andrew Bowie, Bim Afolami and Sara Britcliffe.<\/p>\n

Following the reshuffle a fortnight ago, the new party chairman Richard Holden confirmed the party\u2019s 12 new vice chairs.<\/p>\n

However none of them have been given the ‘youth’ portfolio within the party, marking the key young person’s role’s abolition after half-a-decade.<\/p>\n

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The sign will prove worrying to young members of the party, with the Tories polling in single digits among the 18-24-year-old age range.<\/p>\n

When probed about why the role has been scrapped, a Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) spokesman said the responsibility has been folded in among those of party chairman Richard Holden, rather than having a dedicated MP in charge of the issue.<\/p>\n

They added: “All Vice\/Deputy Chairman are expected to connect with their youth networks as they’re a fundamental part of campaigning.”<\/p>\n

However Labour didn\u2019t buy the excuse, and have accused the Tories of giving up on young people.<\/p>\n

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