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Work And Pensions Committee
The Work and Pensions Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department for Work and Pensions and its associated public bodies. Membership Membership of the committee is as follows: Changes since 2024 2019-2024 Parliament The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020. Changes 2019-2024 2017-2019 Parliament The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017. Changes 2017–2019 2015-2017 Parliament The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 8 July 2015. Changes 2015-2017 2010-2015 Parliament The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010. Changes 2010-2015 Significant inquiries The committee has been involved i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Parliamentary Select Committees Of The United Kingdom
In British politics, parliamentary select committees are cross-party groups of MPs or Lords which investigate specific issues or scrutinise the work of the Government of the United Kingdom. They can be appointed from the House of Commons, from the House of Lords, or as a joint committee of Parliament drawn from both. Committees may be constituted as "sessional" committees – i.e. be near-permanent – or as "ad-hoc" committees with a specific deadline by which to complete their work, after which they cease to exist. House of Commons select committees are generally responsible for overseeing the work of government departments and agencies, whereas Lords select committees look at general issues, such as the constitution or the economy. Select committees are also one of Parliament's mechanisms for holding the private sector to account. Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, most of the new chairs of the 26 select committees were elected in September 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Gill German
Gill German is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Clwyd North since 2024. Early life and career German was born in Prestatyn, working as a teacher in the local Denbighshire area before elected office. Political career She was elected as county councillor for Prestatyn North in 2022 and has been deputy leader of Denbighshire County Council, as well as lead member for Education, Children and Families. She was selected in September 2023 as the Labour parliamentary candidate for the new constituency of Clwyd North. She won the seat in the 2024 general election, beating her Conservative opponent Darren Millar by 1,196 votes. In October 2024, German was elected as a member of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee. In November 2024, German voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide Assisted suicide, sometimes restricted to the context of physician-assisted suicide (PAS), is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Bermondsey And Old Southwark (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bermondsey and Old Southwark is a constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament. Since 2015, it has been represented by Neil Coyle of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. He was suspended from the party in February 2022 following an accusation of racism, but reinstated in May 2023. History and boundaries The seat was created for the 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 general election, almost identical to North Southwark and Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency), North Southwark and Bermondsey seat previously held by Simon Hughes from the 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 general election, on a review of parliamentary representation in London by the Boundary Commission for England facing very minor boundary changes. The constituency lies within the London Borough of Southwark. Prior to the 2023 boundary changes, it contained the Old Southwark area of the former Metropolitan Boroug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Neil Coyle
Neil Alan John Coyle (born 30 December 1978) is a British Labour politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bermondsey and Old Southwark since 2015. Coyle has at times been the subject of debate during his time in parliament, after being accused of being abusive to constituents, racist to journalists, and guilty of bullying Labour parliamentary staff. He has apologised for his conduct and been open about his battle with alcoholism. Coyle was suspended by Labour and banned from Parliament's bars for six months. He had the whip reinstated in May 2023. Since 2023 Coyle has pledged to be teetotal. Early life and career Neil Coyle was born on 30 December 1978 in Luton. He grew up in Luton and is one of six children. He went to Wenlock and Ashcroft schools before receiving a full scholarship to Bedford School, an independent school for boys founded in 1552. He received a BA in British Politics and Legislative Studies from the University of Hull. From 2001 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Hendon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Hendon is an urban area in the London Borough of Barnet, northwest London northwest of Charing Cross. Hendon was an ancient manor and parish in the county of Middlesex and a former borough, the Municipal Borough of Hendon; it has been part of Greater London since 1965. Hendon falls almost entirely within the NW4 postcode, while the West Hendon part falls in NW9. Colindale to the northwest was once considered part of Hendon but is today separated by the M1 motorway. The district is most famous for the London Aerodrome which later became the RAF Hendon; from 1972 the site of the RAF station was gradually handed over to housing development and to the RAF Museum. The railways reached Hendon in 1868 with Hendon station on the Midland Main Line, followed by the London Underground further east under the name Hendon Central in 1923. Brent Street emerged as its commercial centre by the 1890s. A social polarity was developed between the uphill areas of Hendon and the lowlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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David Pinto-Duschinsky
David Johnathan Pinto-Duschinsky (born June 1974) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Hendon since 2024. His majority is currently the smallest of any MP elected in the 2024 general election at only 15 votes. Background Pinto-Duschinsky is the son of Holocaust survivor and scholar Michael Pinto-Duschinsky. He was educated at Magdalen College School and then Pembroke College, Oxford. He was President of the Oxford Union in 1995. He worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and then as a partner at Ernst & Young. In politics, Pinto-Duschinsky served as an adviser to the former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling and Deputy Director of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit prior to his election as an MP. Political career Pinto-Duschinsky first stood for election in the 2015 general election, running against George Osborne in the safe Conservative seat of Tatton, but did not win. In the 2019 general election, he stood for election i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Horsham (UK Parliament Constituency)
Horsham () is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament, centred on the Horsham, eponymous town in West Sussex. The seat was won in 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by John Milne (British politician), John Milne of the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats, making it the first time since 1876 that a non-Conservative Party candidate has held the seat. History Horsham has existed as a constituency for three distinct periods. It first sent members to Parliament in 1295. However, the constituency was abolished in 1918 to make way for Horsham and Worthing (UK Parliament constituency), Horsham and Worthing. In 1945 the constituency was recreated, until 1974 when Horsham and Crawley (UK Parliament constituency), Horsham and Crawley was created. In 1983 the constituency of Horsham was again created and has existed sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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John Milne (British Politician)
John Laurence Milne is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Horsham since 2024. He has also served as a member of West Sussex County Council since 2021 and Horsham District Council since 2019. Early life and education Milne grew up in Epsom and was educated at Glyn Grammar School. He was awarded a scholarship and studied at the University of Oxford, gaining a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in English literature. Prior to entering politics, Milne worked as a creative director in advertising. Political career Milne was elected as a member of Horsham District Council for Roffey North in the 2019 election, and for Denne in the 2023 election. He served as deputy leader of the district council until his election to Parliament in 2024. Milne has also represented the division of Horsham Riverside on West Sussex County Council since the 2021 election, and has served as a member of Forest Neighbourhood Council. In the 2024 general elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Coatbridge And Bellshill (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coatbridge and Bellshill is a List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) using the First-past-the-post voting, first-past-the-post voting system. It has been represented since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Frank McNally (politician), Frank McNally of Scottish Labour. Prior to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election, the constituency was known as Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill. History Under the Fifth periodic review of Westminster constituencies, Fifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies, which came into effect for the 2005 United Kingdom general election, 2005 general election, the constituency was created as Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill. It was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Frank McNally (politician)
Francis Joseph McNally (born 24 January 1988) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Coatbridge and Bellshill since 2024. He gained the seat from Steven Bonnar, a member of the Scottish National Party. Early life and education McNally has lived in Bellshill all his life. He attended St Gerard’s Primary School and Cardinal Newman High School in the town. He studied at Strathclyde University in Glasgow from 2005, graduating in 2009 Political career He served as a Labour councillor for Mossend and Holytown ward on North Lanarkshire Council since May 2012. He was appointed the Education Convener in March 2016. He also was a Parliamentary Assistant to Mark Griffin. McNally is named by Scottish voluntary sector magazine Third Force News as the founder of North Lanarkshire Council's school meals programme Club 365 "to support under-privileged children and families in the region." He was re-elected in 2017 and 2022. At 28, he became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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East Wiltshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
East Wiltshire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, when it was won by the Conservative Danny Kruger, who had previously represented the abolished Devizes constituency. Boundaries The constituency is composed of: * The Borough of Swindon wards of Chiseldon & Lawn (part), Ridgeway, and Wroughton & Wichelstowe. * The District of Wiltshire electoral divisions of Aldbourne & Ramsbury, Amesbury East & Bulford, Amesbury South, Amesbury West, Avon Valley, Durrington, Ludgershall North & Rural, Marlborough East, Marlborough West, Pewsey, Pewsey Vale East, Pewsey Vale West, Tidworth East & Ludgershall South, Tidworth North & West, and Till Valley. It comprises the following areas: * The majority of the former Devizes constituency but excluding the town of Devizes and the area surrounding it, which is included in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Danny Kruger
Daniel Rayne Kruger (born 23 October 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Wiltshire, previously Devizes, since 2019. He became Shadow Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in November 2024. The son of writer and property developer Rayne Kruger and restaurateur and television presenter Prue Leith, Kruger was educated at Eton College, subsequently studying history at the University of Edinburgh and University of Oxford. After university, he worked at the Centre for Policy Studies think tank, and then became a policy adviser for the Conservative Party. Kruger became David Cameron's chief speechwriter in 2006, whilst Cameron was Leader of the Opposition. He left this role two years later to work full-time at a youth crime prevention charity that he had co-founded called Only Connect. For his charitable work, Kruger received an MBE in 2017. He was Prime Minister Boris Johnson's political sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |