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'''Ramesh Chhabra''' was spokesman and special adviser to chancellor of the exchequer [[George Osborne]] until 2015.<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref>
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'''Ramesh Chhabra''' was spokesman and special adviser to the UK chancellor of the exchequer [[George Osborne]] until 2015.<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 7 September 2010</ref>
  
Following the election in May 2015, Chhabra has decided to resign after five years at the Treasury. <ref> [http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/05/osborne-left-with-two-vacancies-to-fill/ Osborne left with two vacancies to fill] ''The Spectator'', 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref>
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Following the May 2015 UK general election, Chhabra resigned after five years at the Treasury. <ref> [http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/05/osborne-left-with-two-vacancies-to-fill/ Osborne left with two vacancies to fill] ''The Spectator'', 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref>  
 
 
As special adviser to Osborne, Chhabra was paid an annual salary of £60,000. <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 29 April 2015 </ref>  
 
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
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Chhabra stood for the Conservatives in Newland for the 2002 Kingston Upon Hull Council Election.  Of the seven candidates, he came last with 101 votes.<ref>Local Elections Archive Project, "[http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/2002/k.txt Kingston Upon Hull results]", accessed 07.09.10</ref>
 
Chhabra stood for the Conservatives in Newland for the 2002 Kingston Upon Hull Council Election.  Of the seven candidates, he came last with 101 votes.<ref>Local Elections Archive Project, "[http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/2002/k.txt Kingston Upon Hull results]", accessed 07.09.10</ref>
  
Chhabra quit working for Osborne after the May 2015 election - in September 2015 he was hired by the Media Team at the [[London Stock Exchange]].  
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Chhabra quit working for Osborne after the May 2015 election - in September 2015 he was hired by the Media Team at the [[London Stock Exchange]]. <ref>"[http://birchwoodknight.co.uk/news/london-stock-exchange-group-hires-george-osborne39s-former-press-secretary-as-head-of-media-relations]", accessed 29.02.2016</ref>  
 
 
 
 
<ref>"[http://birchwoodknight.co.uk/news/london-stock-exchange-group-hires-george-osborne39s-former-press-secretary-as-head-of-media-relations]", accessed 29.02.2016</ref>  
 
  
http://birchwoodknight.co.uk/news/london-stock-exchange-group-hires-george-osborne39s-former-press-secretary-as-head-of-media-relations
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<ref> [http://birchwoodknight.co.uk/news/london-stock-exchange-group-hires-george-osborne39s-former-press-secretary-as-head-of-media-relations London Stock Exchange Group hires George Osborne's former press secretary as head of media relations], Birchwood Knight, (date), (date accessed)]  </ref>
  
 
==Contact, Resources, Notes==
 
==Contact, Resources, Notes==

Revision as of 12:57, 29 February 2016

Ramesh Chhabra was spokesman and special adviser to the UK chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne until 2015.[1]

Following the May 2015 UK general election, Chhabra resigned after five years at the Treasury. [2]

Background

After graduating from the department of Politics and International Studies at Hull University in 2002,[3] Chhabra served for eight years as press aide to Conservative MP David Davis, latterly working for Dominic Grieve.[4]

Chhabra stood for the Conservatives in Newland for the 2002 Kingston Upon Hull Council Election. Of the seven candidates, he came last with 101 votes.[5]

Chhabra quit working for Osborne after the May 2015 election - in September 2015 he was hired by the Media Team at the London Stock Exchange. [6]

[7]

Contact, Resources, Notes

Contact

Tel: 07738 935 187

Notes

  1. Department of Information Services, "Parliamentary Information List", accessed 7 September 2010
  2. Osborne left with two vacancies to fill The Spectator, 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015
  3. "Graduates' Association", accessed 07.09.10
  4. Tara Hamilton-Miller, "Desperado's last stand", New Statesman, 19.06.08, accessed 07.09.10
  5. Local Elections Archive Project, "Kingston Upon Hull results", accessed 07.09.10
  6. "[1]", accessed 29.02.2016
  7. London Stock Exchange Group hires George Osborne's former press secretary as head of media relations, Birchwood Knight, (date), (date accessed)]