The TV personality Carol Vorderman has said she is ‘disgusted’ by the behaviour of government equalities ministers, whom she accused of ignoring the needs of menopausal women. Vorderman said she had been blocked on Twitter by the minister for women, Maria Caulfield, after saying that Caulfield ‘couldn’t be bothered to turn up’ for questions by a select committee examining the menopause. She also accused Kemi Badenoch of being ‘patronising’ and ‘insulting’ during a discussion about whether the menopause should be a protected characteristic, in which the minister had compared the request to others made by carers, single people or those who had ginger hair or were short