A councillor who faced a media storm after saying disabled children should be “put down” to save money has found himself in hot water again over comments allegedly made in an interview with specialist publication Disability News Service.

Colin Brewer apologised and resigned as an independent member of Cornwall Council in February over his original comments that disabled children should be 'put down' as the cost Cornwall too much.

He decided to stand again and was re-elected to represent Wadebridge East by just four votes in the recent council elections.

The report of the interview with DNS, says he spoke about the cost of funding disabled children’s care and support, at a time when mainstream services such as toilets, leisure centres, and the maintenance of coastal paths, are at risk from the government’s austerity programme.

DNS says that during the interview, Brewer "repeatedly indicated that he believed there was a good argument for killing some disabled babies with high support needs, because of the cost of providing them with services".

Disability Cornwall, the organisation to which he made the comment that led to his original resignation – at a council equality and diversity event in October 2011 – has been shown a transcript of the interview.

A Disability Cornwall spokesman said that, if the comments were accurate, they were “frightening”, and showed that his original apology was prompted “not by any genuine regret, but in fact by his own self-serving political ambitions”.

Brewer is currently on sick leave and missed a demonstration of about 70 people against his re-election which took place at County Hall last week.

For the full article from Disability News Service click here