Danny Alexander

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Danny Alexander is the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

Alexander was appointed Secretary of State for Scotland in David Cameron's first cabinet.[1] He subsequently moved to the Treasury following the resignation of David Laws as Chief Secretary on 29 May 2010.[2]

Views on fracking

Alexander has said he believes shale gas "will be a bigger boom than North Sea oil" [3]

Affiliations

  • Former SPad Julia Goldsworthy joined lobbying firm as a senior advisor in May 2014 after four years of working with Alexander.

Notes

  1. Her Majesty’s Government, Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.
  2. Treasury Minister David Laws resigns over expenses, BBC News, 29 May 2010.
  3. , Shale gas 'will be bigger than boom in North Sea oil' Danny Alexander backs huge expansion in 'fracking' to cut bills, 27 June 2013