Amber Rudd
Amber Rudd has been the UK Conservative Party MP for Hastings and Rye since the 2010 general election[1]
She was appointed energy and climate change secretary after the May 2015 general election.[2]
In October 2013 she was appointed assistant whip to the HM Treasury,[3] parliamentary under secretary of state for climate change at the Department of Energy and Climate Change in July 2014 -[4] inheriting the same portfolio as had been held by Greg Barker as minister of state.[2]
Her move from the Treasury and role as an ally of George Osborne was viewed as a sign that the Treasury was seeking to tighten its grip on green energy spending. Rudd's new 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. [5]
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. [5]
Special advisers
Affiliations
- George Osborne - Rudd is a former aide.
Resources
See: Fracking Spads
- Melissa Jones and Andy Rowell, Access all areas: Westminster's (vast) fracking lobby exposed, 29 April 2015.
Notes
- ↑ Amber Rudd, www.parliament.uk, accessed 4 November 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 BBC News Cabinet reshuffle: Amber Rudd and Sajid Javid promoted, 11 May 2015, accessed 11 May 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Emily Gosden, Cabinet reshuffle: Chancellor's allies Matt Hancock and Amber Rudd join energy department , The Telegraph, 15 July 2014, accessed 30 September 2014
