James Sassoon - Revision history

Melissa Jones: /* Dinner with lobbyists */

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Dinner with lobbyists

Josh Leeson at 15:57, 23 December 2014

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Josh Leeson: /* Dinner with lobbyists */

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Dinner with lobbyists

Melissa Jones: /* Affiliations */

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Affiliations

Melissa Jones: /* Business 'buddies' */

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Business 'buddies'

Melissa Jones: /* Business 'buddies' */

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Business 'buddies'

Melissa Jones: /* Business 'buddies' */

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Business 'buddies'

Melissa Jones at 12:30, 28 October 2013

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Melissa Jones: /* Business 'buddies' */

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Business 'buddies'

Melissa Jones: business buddy scheme

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 QUARTERLY INFORMATION 1 APRIL – 30 JUNE 2011, Commercial Secretary, 26 April 2011 Edelman, Dinner </ref>
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 On 24 November 2010, Sassoon had breakfast with lobbyist-law firm [[DLA Piper]].<ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/190990/disclosures_ministerial_010411.pdf HM Treasury 1 October - 31 December 2010] ''Gov.uk'', accessed 13 October 2014 </ref>

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 [[Image:James_sassoon_low_Treasury.jpg‎|thumb|right|350px|Lord Sassoon]] Lord '''James Sassoon''' was appointed as the first Commercial Secretary to the Treasury in May 2010. He stepped down from the role at the end of 2012, replaced by [[Paul Deighton]].
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 *Asset freezing and financial crime.
 *Foreign exchange reserves and debt management policy, National Savings and Investment and Debt Management Office.
 ==Affiliations==

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	==Dinner with lobbyists==		==Dinner with lobbyists==
		+	On 24 November 2010, Sassoon had breakfast with lobbyist-law firm [[DLA Piper]].<ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/190990/disclosures_ministerial_010411.pdf HM Treasury 1 October - 31 December 2010] ''Gov.uk'', accessed 13 October 2014 </ref>
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	In April 2011 Sassoon dined with an unnamed representative from lobbying firm [[Edelman]].		In April 2011 Sassoon dined with an unnamed representative from lobbying firm [[Edelman]].

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 ==Affiliations==
 *[[Financial Action Task Force]]
-*Director of [[Hongkong Land]], [[Dairy Farm]] and [[Mandarin Oriental]].
+* Director of [[Hongkong Land]], [[Dairy Farm]] and [[Mandarin Oriental]].
 ===Resources===

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-{{Template:NuclearSpin}}In November 2011 under a scheme devised by the [[UKTI]]'s [[Lord Green]], Sassoon was designated 'business buddy' to six big energy and nuclear companies, [[Eon]], [[EDF]], [[Iberdrola]], [[Centrica]], [[RWE]] and [[Scottish & Southern Energy]] (SSE). <ref> Elizabeth Rigby, [http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2011/11/lord-greens-matchmaking-finally-revealed/ Lord Green’s matchmaking finally revealed], FT Blogs, 2 November 2011, acc 29 October 2013 </ref>
+{{Template:NuclearSpin}}In November 2011 under a scheme devised by the [[UKTI]]'s [[Lord Green]], Sassoon was designated 'business buddy' to six big energy and nuclear companies, [[Eon]], [[EDF]], [[Iberdrola]], [[Centrica]], [[RWE]] and [[Scottish & Southern Energy]] (SSE). <ref> Elizabeth Rigby, [http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2011/11/lord-greens-matchmaking-finally-revealed/ Lord Green’s matchmaking finally revealed], FT Blogs, 2 November 2011, acc 29 October 2013 </ref> <Ref> HM TREASURY
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 ==Business 'buddies'==
-In November 2011 under a scheme devised by the [[UKTI]]'s [[Lord Green]], Sassoon was designated as 'business buddy' to six energy and nuclear companies,  [[Eon]], [[EDF]], [[Iberdrola]], [[Centrica]], [[RWE]] and [[Scottish & Southern Energy]] <ref> Elizabeth Rigby, [http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2011/11/lord-greens-matchmaking-finally-revealed/ Lord Green’s matchmaking finally revealed], FT Blogs, 2 November 2011, acc 29 October 2013 </ref>
+In November 2011 under a scheme devised by the [[UKTI]]'s [[Lord Green]], Sassoon was designated as 'business buddy' to six energy and nuclear companies,  [[Eon]], [[EDF]], [[Iberdrola]], [[Centrica]], [[RWE]] and [[Scottish & Southern Energy]] (SSE). <ref> Elizabeth Rigby, [http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2011/11/lord-greens-matchmaking-finally-revealed/ Lord Green’s matchmaking finally revealed], FT Blogs, 2 November 2011, acc 29 October 2013 </ref>
 ==Biography==

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	:Sir James Sassoon is to be unveiled as a Tory supporter only weeks after quitting as an adviser to the Prime Minister. Earlier this month it was announced that Sir James had relinquished his position as the Treasury's Special Representative for Promotion of the City. His departure led to charges that Labour's relations with the Square Mile had hit a new low following earlier rows over issues including changes to capital gains tax and a tax crackdown on "non-domiciled" foreign citizens in the UK. Sir James has now agreed to become an adviser to [[George Osborne]], the Conservative shadow chancellor on the reform of the regulatory regime covering the banking sector.<ref>James Kirkup, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/3097378/Gordon-Browns-former-City-envoy-James-Sassoon-defects-to-Conservatives.html Gordon Brown's former City envoy James Sassoon defects to Conservatives] Daily Telegraph, Last Updated: 5:28PM BST 28 Sep 2008</ref>		:Sir James Sassoon is to be unveiled as a Tory supporter only weeks after quitting as an adviser to the Prime Minister. Earlier this month it was announced that Sir James had relinquished his position as the Treasury's Special Representative for Promotion of the City. His departure led to charges that Labour's relations with the Square Mile had hit a new low following earlier rows over issues including changes to capital gains tax and a tax crackdown on "non-domiciled" foreign citizens in the UK. Sir James has now agreed to become an adviser to [[George Osborne]], the Conservative shadow chancellor on the reform of the regulatory regime covering the banking sector.<ref>James Kirkup, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/3097378/Gordon-Browns-former-City-envoy-James-Sassoon-defects-to-Conservatives.html Gordon Brown's former City envoy James Sassoon defects to Conservatives] Daily Telegraph, Last Updated: 5:28PM BST 28 Sep 2008</ref>
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		+	==Business 'buddies'==
		+	In November 2011 under a scheme devised by the [[UKTI]]'s [[Lord Green]], Sassoon was designated as 'business buddy' to six energy and nuclear companies, [[Eon]], [[EDF]], [[Iberdrola]], [[Centrica]], [[RWE]] and [[Scottish & Southern Energy]] <ref> Elizabeth Rigby, [http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2011/11/lord-greens-matchmaking-finally-revealed/ Lord Green’s matchmaking finally revealed], FT Blogs, 2 November 2011, acc 29 October 2013 </ref>
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		+	Eon, EDF, Iberdrola, Centrica, RWE, Scottish & Southern Energy

	==Biography==		==Biography==