Natalie Fleet Quits Safeguarding Minister Role After 2 Months, Citing Triggering Trauma
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 22
Natalie Fleet Quits Safeguarding Minister Role After 2 Months, Citing Triggering Trauma
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 22
Summary
Natalie Fleet said she has resigned as safeguarding minister because the role became “overwhelmingly triggering” and was making her ill, calling the decision the “bravest thing” she has done.
Fleet, a Labour MP who was groomed and raped as a teenager, said the post meant hearing “the worst of humanity” and that victims deserved a minister “at their best.”
Appointed on 12 May after Jess Phillips resigned, Fleet said she had informed Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s team she could not stay in the job despite support from the Home Office.
Fleet said she would support her successor and would welcome another government role, but otherwise return to the backbenches to keep campaigning for survivors.