Blackpool council leader criticises Tory minister’s ‘ignorant’ comments

Heather Wheeler reportedly said she had been at a conference in Blackpool or Birmingham or somewhere godawful'

A Tory minister has been forced to apologise for describing Birmingham and Blackpool as godawful".

Speaking at the launch of the government's new digital strategy on Thursday, Heather Wheeler, a junior minister in the Cabinet Office, was reported to have said: I was just at a conference in Blackpool or Birmingham or somewhere godawful."