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Shadow Energy Secretary
The shadow secretary of state for energy security and net zero is a post in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom), Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet. The shadow secretary originally helped hold the secretary of state for energy and climate change and junior ministers to account and is the lead spokesperson on energy and climate change issues for their party. The post currently holds the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, secretary of state for energy security and net zero to account in Parliament. A previous Official Opposition post of shadow secretary of state for energy existed until the Department of Energy (United Kingdom), Department of Energy was merged into the Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in 1992. In 2008, the Department for Energy and Climate Change was split from the DTI's Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, successor department, effectively reviving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Coutinho
Claire Coryl Julia Coutinho (; born 8 July 1985) is a British politician and former investment banker who has been Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero and Shadow Minister for Equalities since 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Surrey since 2019. Coutinho previously served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero from August 2023 to July 2024. She has been described as a close ally of former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and an ardent supporter of Brexit. After graduating in mathematics and philosophy from Exeter College, Oxford, Coutinho worked as an associate at the investment bank Merrill Lynch for nearly four years, and co-founded, with food writer Mina Holland, a literary-themed events company called The Novel Diner. She also worked at the centre-right think tank Centre for Social Justice, at the industry group Housing and Finance Institute created by Natalie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
