Welfare Reform Minister Lord Freud has issued a "full and unreserved apology" after suggesting that some disabled people are "not worth" the minimum wage - but stopped short of resigning.
The Tory peer said he had been "foolish" in "accepting the premise" of a question posed to him during a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference last month.
Welfare Reform Minister Lord Freud is under fire after suggesting some disabled workers were "not worth" the national minimum wage.
The minister offered a "full and unreserved" apology, which may be enough to keep in his post, for the time being at least.
ITV News Political Correspondent Carl Dinnen reports:
Questions to be asked over meaning behind Lord Freud's comments relating to disabled workers.
Ed Miliband has called for Tory Lord Freud to resign after he suggested some disabled workers are 'not worth' the full minimum wage