In a letter to Bedfordshire South West MP Andrew Selous in February, the DWP said that when scheduling appointments, Atos tried to identify customers who should not go to centres without ground floor assessment rooms.

BBC: Cresta House, Luton

He will be assisted by skills coaches Shaun Crowley, who is employed by the Rugby Football Union as a community coach for south Bedfordshire, and Simon Page, local PE teacher, who currently works with the Luton second XV.

BBC: Hardwick becomes coach at Luton

Andrew Selous also made strong representations to the Boundary Commission over the proposed changes to his constituency, South West Bedfordshire.

BBC: Bedfordshire MP Nadine Dorries fights boundary changes