The move decreases the chance of David Cameron being able to fulfil his pledge to have women in a third of the ministerial positions by the end of this government term.
When he became leader of the Tory party, Mr Cameron called the lack of women in government a “scandalous under-representation.”
Yvette Cooper, the Shadow Home Secretary and Minister for Women & Equalities, attacked the move, saying that Mr Cameron had a "blind spot when it comes to women."
She pointed out that in Mr Cameron's first cabinet five out of 29 were women, but in his new government there are only five women out of 31.
Read more at The Telegraph, published 4 September 2012.
The move decreases the chance of David Cameron being able to fulfil his pledge to have women in a third of the ministerial positions by the end of this government term.
When he became leader of the Tory party, Mr Cameron called the lack of women in government a “scandalous under-representation.”
Yvette Cooper, the Shadow Home Secretary and Minister for Women & Equalities, attacked the move, saying that Mr Cameron had a "blind spot when it comes to women."
She pointed out that in Mr Cameron's first cabinet five out of 29 were women, but in his new government there are only five women out of 31.
Read more at The Telegraph, published 4 September 2012.