Amber Rudd
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Amber Rudd has been the Conservative MP for Hastings and Rye since the 2010 general election.[1] She was appointed an Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) in October 2013.[2]
In July 2014 Rudd was appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Climate Change at the Department of Energy and Climate Change.[3]
Her responsibilities include the embattled Green Deal and other energy efficiency schemes such as the Energy Company Obligation, which is in the process of being overhauled. [4]
Background
Rudd is a former venture capitalist, and is the sister of Roland Rudd, founder of PR agency RLM Finsbury, and ex-wife of A.A. Gill, the writer and restaurant critic. [4]
Special advisers
Affiliations
- George Osborne - Rudd is a former aide.
Notes
- ↑ Amber Rudd, www.parliament.uk, accessed 4 November 2012.
- ↑ Ministerial appointments: 7 October 2013, Prime Minister's Office, 7 October 2013.
- ↑ Ministerial appointments: July 2014, Prime Minister's Office, 15 July 2014, accessed same day
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Emily Gosden, Cabinet reshuffle: Chancellor's allies Matt Hancock and Amber Rudd join energy department , The Telegraph, 15 July 2014, accessed 30 September 2014
