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| − | '''Clare Foges''' was the speechwriter for [[David Cameron]] from 2009 to after the 2015 general election. She is praised with drafting his much anticipated speech on Europe in January 2013. | + | '''Clare Foges''' was the speechwriter for [[David Cameron]] from 2009 to after the 2015 general election.<ref> Steer Pike [http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/steerpike/2015/06/camerons-former-speechwriter-clare-foges-launches-attack-on-tories/ Cameron’s former speechwriter Clare Foges launches attack on Tories] ''Spectator'', 9 June 2015, accessed 10 June 2015.</ref> She is praised with drafting his much anticipated speech on Europe in January 2013. |
As Mr Cameron's speechwriter Foges was paid an annual salary of £70,000. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388825/spad_data_november_2014.csv/preview Special advisers in post, 30 November 2014] ''GOV.UK'', accessed 28 April 2015 </ref> | As Mr Cameron's speechwriter Foges was paid an annual salary of £70,000. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388825/spad_data_november_2014.csv/preview Special advisers in post, 30 November 2014] ''GOV.UK'', accessed 28 April 2015 </ref> | ||
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Clare Foges was the speechwriter for David Cameron from 2009 to after the 2015 general election.[1] She is praised with drafting his much anticipated speech on Europe in January 2013.
As Mr Cameron's speechwriter Foges was paid an annual salary of £70,000. [2]
Background
Foges attained a Master's degree in Poetry before going on to work in the Westminster office of John Hayes (MP for South Holland and The Deepings) in 2006. She went on to work full-time on Boris Johnson’s mayoral campaign. [3]
Foges went to a comprehensive school, gaining a first in English at Southampton University before studying for her Masters in Poetry at Bristol. [4]
Notes
- ↑ Steer Pike Cameron’s former speechwriter Clare Foges launches attack on Tories Spectator, 9 June 2015, accessed 10 June 2015.
- ↑ Special advisers in post, 30 November 2014 GOV.UK, accessed 28 April 2015
- ↑ Claire Foges, BBC, accessed 18 September 2014.
- ↑ Andrew Pierce Revealed: The raven-haired poet (and former ice cream seller) who wrote the PM's big Europe speech The Daily Mail, 24 January 2013, accessed 10 October 2014
