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Amber Rudd resigns ...
Amber Rudd has resigned from the Cabinet and surrendered the Conservative whip in protest at Boris Johnson’s handling of Brexit ...
New Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is (former) Environment Minister Therese Coffey ...
Here’s Therese Coffey’s voting record on welfare benefit issues via theyworkforyou.com -
- Consistently voted for the “bedroom tax”: 12 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 2012–2018
- Consistently voted against raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices: 0 votes for, 5 votes against, in 2013
- Consistently voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability: 0 votes for, 15 votes against, between 2011–2016
- Consistently voted for making local councils responsible for helping those in financial need afford their council tax and reducing the amount spent on such support: 4 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2012
- Consistently voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits: 52 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2012–2016
- Almost always voted against spending public money to create guaranteed jobs for young people who have spent a long time unemployed: 0 votes for, 7 votes against, 2 absences, between 2011–2014
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24771/therese_coffey/suffolk_coastal/votes#welfare
I suppose that its voting on party lines. I have learnt three things about her from the papers:
1. Has a PhD in chemistry
2. Many years ago wrote a paper calling for pensioners to pay NI
3. Apparently a fan of the band Muse
Not sure what to do with this information. I do at least have something in common with her I suppose.
Surely I am not the only person who has read Elliot’s paper on NI for pensioners?
Ha, my series of hard-nosed social policy essays might really have taken off if I hadn’t been spending all my time trying to nail the bass line for Hysteria…
Liz Truss has taken over as Minister for Women and Equalities following Amber Rudd’s resignation:
https://twitter.com/GEOgovuk/status/1171504294375219200
https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-for-women-and-equalities—3
(Elsewhere, Edward Argar has moved from the MoJ to Health & Social Care ... and Chris Philp is in at the MOJ)