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'''Meg Powell Chandler''' is a former Conservative Party special adviser to [[Greg Clark]] and the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]], now working as a lobbyist.
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'''Meg Powell Chandler''' is a former Conservative Party special adviser to [[Greg Clark]] at the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]] and [[Department for Energy and Business]] (BEIS). She now works as a lobbyist at the UK arm of the giant lobbying firm [[Burson Marsteller]] whose clients include petrochemical firm [[INEOS]] which is spearheading the push for fracking across the United Kingdom.
  
She ran, somewhat controversially, as a parliamentary candidate for Birmingham Northfield in the June 2017 general election, but was unsuccessful in beating the Labour Party MP.
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Powell Chandler ran, somewhat controversially, as a parliamentary candidate for Birmingham Northfield in the June 2017 general election, but was unsuccessful in beating the Labour Party MP.
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
Powell-Chandler has worked as a political adviser and head of briefing to the [[Conservative Party]] and special adviser to 10 Downing Street. She started working with Greg Clark after the 2015 general election.<ref name="LI"> Linkedin [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/meg-powell-chandler/b3/655/7b6 Meg Powell-Chandler], accessed 10 June 2015.</ref> until September 2016.
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Powell-Chandler worked as a political adviser and head of briefing to the [[Conservative Party]] and special adviser to 10 Downing Street. She started working with Greg Clark after the 2015 general election.<ref name="LI"> Linkedin [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/meg-powell-chandler/b3/655/7b6 Meg Powell-Chandler], accessed 10 June 2015.</ref> until September 2016.
  
 
==Education==
 
==Education==
 
*Modern History and Politics, [[University of Oxford]], 2006 – 2009<ref name="LI"/>
 
*Modern History and Politics, [[University of Oxford]], 2006 – 2009<ref name="LI"/>
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==Resources==
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**Melissa Jones, [http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/politics/item/5979-time-to-fix-exit-rules-for-special-advisers Time to fix the revolving door rules for special advisers], Spinwatch, 17 October 2017
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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[[Category:Special Advisers|Powell-Chandler, Meg]] [[Category:Conservative Party|Powell-Chandler, Meg]]
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[[Category:Special Advisers|Powell-Chandler, Meg]] [[Category:Conservative Party|Powell-Chandler, Meg]] [[Category:Fracking|Powell-Chandler, Meg]]

Revision as of 11:05, 27 December 2017

Meg Powell Chandler is a former Conservative Party special adviser to Greg Clark at the Department for Communities and Local Government and Department for Energy and Business (BEIS). She now works as a lobbyist at the UK arm of the giant lobbying firm Burson Marsteller whose clients include petrochemical firm INEOS which is spearheading the push for fracking across the United Kingdom.

Powell Chandler ran, somewhat controversially, as a parliamentary candidate for Birmingham Northfield in the June 2017 general election, but was unsuccessful in beating the Labour Party MP.

Career

Powell-Chandler worked as a political adviser and head of briefing to the Conservative Party and special adviser to 10 Downing Street. She started working with Greg Clark after the 2015 general election.[1] until September 2016.

Education

Resources

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Linkedin Meg Powell-Chandler, accessed 10 June 2015.