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| − | Jo Johnson is the UK Member of Parliament for Orpington. He was appointed head of the Downing Street | + | Jo Johnson is the UK Member of Parliament for Orpington. He was appointed head of the [[Downing Street Policy Unit]] and a Cabinet Office Minister in April 2013 as part of a Cabinet shake-up designed, according to ''The Times'', to "build bridges" with David Cameron's backbench critics and "capitalise on the legacy of [[Margaret Thatcher]]". In July 2014 he was promoted to Minister of State at Cabinet Office while remaining head of the Downing Street Policy Unit.<ref name="No10reshuffle">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-july-2014 Ministerial appointments: July 2014], Prime Minister's Office, 15 July 2014.</ref> |
A former financial journalist and old Etonian, he is the brother of London Mayor [[Boris Johnson]]. | A former financial journalist and old Etonian, he is the brother of London Mayor [[Boris Johnson]]. | ||
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Revision as of 18:18, 15 July 2014
Jo Johnson is the UK Member of Parliament for Orpington. He was appointed head of the Downing Street Policy Unit and a Cabinet Office Minister in April 2013 as part of a Cabinet shake-up designed, according to The Times, to "build bridges" with David Cameron's backbench critics and "capitalise on the legacy of Margaret Thatcher". In July 2014 he was promoted to Minister of State at Cabinet Office while remaining head of the Downing Street Policy Unit.[1]
A former financial journalist and old Etonian, he is the brother of London Mayor Boris Johnson. [2]
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- Twitter: @JoJohnsonMP
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- ↑ Ministerial appointments: July 2014, Prime Minister's Office, 15 July 2014.
- ↑ Roland Watson, Cameron puts Boris's brother in the Number 10 job, The Times, 25 April 2013, p.1, acc same day
