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− | '''Elizabeth Truss''' has been the Conservative MP for South West Norfolk since 2010. She was appointed a parliamentary under-secretary in the [[Department for Education]] in 2012.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/elizabeth-truss/4097 Elizabeth Truss], www.parliament.uk, accessed 25 August 2013.</ref> | + | '''Elizabeth Truss''' has been the [[Conservative Party]] MP for South West Norfolk since 2010. She was appointed a parliamentary under-secretary in the [[Department for Education]] in 2012.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/elizabeth-truss/4097 Elizabeth Truss], www.parliament.uk, accessed 25 August 2013.</ref> |
She has worked as the secretary of state at the [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]] since July 2014.<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> | She has worked as the secretary of state at the [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]] since July 2014.<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> |
Revision as of 10:21, 23 April 2015
Elizabeth Truss has been the Conservative Party MP for South West Norfolk since 2010. She was appointed a parliamentary under-secretary in the Department for Education in 2012.[1]
She has worked as the secretary of state at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since July 2014.[2]
Truss previously worked as deputy director at Reform, a think tank whose declared mission is 'to set out a better way to deliver public services and economic prosperity.' [3]
Gifts
In September 2013, Truss was gifted a box at Norwich City Football Club for her and her husband, valued at about £2,000.[4]
Special advisers
Notes
- ↑ Elizabeth Truss, www.parliament.uk, accessed 25 August 2013.
- ↑ Ministerial appointments: July 2014, Prime Minister's Office, 15 July 2014.
- ↑ Overview Reform, accessed 23 April 2015
- ↑ Annabelle Dickson Second jobs and party donations from energy firms, IT and property companies - what has your MP declared in the latest MP’s register of interests? Eastern Daily Press, 29 October 2014, accessed 20 February 2015