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| − | [[Sayeeda Warsi]] (Baroness Warsi) was appointed Senior minister of state at the Foreign Office and minister for faith and communities in September 2012.<ref name="GuardianReshuffle">Juliette Jowit, Shiv Malik and Haroon Siddique, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/sep/04/new-cabinet?CMP=twt_gu Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far?], guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2012.</ref> She was previously Minister Without Portfolio in the UK Cabinet appointed in 2010<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/topstorynews/2010/05/her-majestys-government-49840 Her Majesty’s Government], Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.</ref> and Chair of the [[Conservative Party]]. | + | [[Sayeeda Warsi]] (Baroness Warsi) was appointed Senior minister of state at the Foreign Office and minister for faith and communities in September 2012.<ref name="GuardianReshuffle">Juliette Jowit, Shiv Malik and Haroon Siddique, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/sep/04/new-cabinet?CMP=twt_gu Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far?], guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2012.</ref> She was previously Minister Without Portfolio in the UK Cabinet appointed in 2010<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/topstorynews/2010/05/her-majestys-government-49840 Her Majesty’s Government], Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.</ref> and Chair of the [[Conservative Party]]. She resigned from the Cabinet on 5 August 2014 over the Gaza conflict. |
| + | <ref name="Reshuffle060814">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-august-2014 Ministerial appointments: August 2014], Prime Minister's Office, 6 August 2014.</ref> | ||
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==Investigation into expense claims and ministerial code breaches== | ==Investigation into expense claims and ministerial code breaches== | ||
Revision as of 12:30, 10 August 2014
Sayeeda Warsi (Baroness Warsi) was appointed Senior minister of state at the Foreign Office and minister for faith and communities in September 2012.[1] She was previously Minister Without Portfolio in the UK Cabinet appointed in 2010[2] and Chair of the Conservative Party. She resigned from the Cabinet on 5 August 2014 over the Gaza conflict. [3]
Investigation into expense claims and ministerial code breaches
In June 2012 the House of Lords Standards Commissioner Paul Kernaghan launched a formal investigation into Baroness Warsi's expenses claims. She is facing allegations that she claimed for accommodation expenses while staying at the house of her friend, Tory official Naweed Khan rent-free in 2008. Khan is now her special adviser. At the time, she claimed Lords' subsistence of £165.50 a night.
A separate inquiry was ordered in the same week by Prime Minister David Cameron into whether Warsi breached the ministerial code when a business partner accompanied her on an official visit to Pakistan. [4]
Resources
- Telegraph reporters, Standards watchdog opens probe into Baroness Warsi's expenses, 06 Jun 2012
- James Kirkup, David Cameron's 'bizarre' decision to investigate Sayeeda Warsi but not Jeremy Hunt, 05 Jun 2012
Notes
- ↑ Juliette Jowit, Shiv Malik and Haroon Siddique, Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far?, guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2012.
- ↑ Her Majesty’s Government, Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.
- ↑ Ministerial appointments: August 2014, Prime Minister's Office, 6 August 2014.
- ↑ Telegraph reporters, Standards watchdog opens probe into Baroness Warsi's expenses, 06 Jun 2012
