Prime Minister Theresa May is being urged to reinstate the minister for faith to a full Cabinet position amid reports that the post is being sidelined.
The role was created under the Coalition government, with a brief to work with religious and community leaders to promote faith, religious tolerance and stronger communities.
As a senior Foreign Office minister, the first holder of the post, Baroness Warsi, attended Cabinet meetings. Later the role went to Baroness Williams of Trafford, a junior minister in the Department for Communities and Local Government, who as well as looking after “faith and integration” was responsible for the HS2 rail link and much else.
