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'''Dominic Raab''' has been the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Esher and Walton since the 2010 general election.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/dominic-raab/83496 Dominic Raab], www.parliament.uk, accessed 5 November 2012.</ref> In the 2015 election, Raab was re-elected with a majority of 28,616. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000697 Esher & Walton Parliamentary constituency] ''BBC News'', accessed 21 May 2015 </ref>  
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'''Dominic Raab''' was appointed Housing Minister in January 2018.
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Raab was previously parliamentary under secretary at the [[Ministry of Justice]] (from 2015), where he worked under [[Michael Gove]]. <ref> [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/11600542/Cameron-hands-junior-jobs-to-his-harshest-critics-in-reshuffle.html David Cameron hands junior jobs to his harshest critics in ministerial reshuffle] ''The Telegraph'', 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref>
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He has been the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Esher and Walton since the 2010 general election.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/dominic-raab/83496 Dominic Raab], www.parliament.uk, accessed 5 November 2012.</ref> In the 2015 election, Raab was re-elected with a majority of 28,616. <ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000697 Esher & Walton Parliamentary constituency] ''BBC News'', accessed 21 May 2015 </ref>
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==Free market think tank links==
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Raab has published a number of reports with the right wing think tank [[Centre for Policy Studies]], including:
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*November 2011: 'Escaping the straight jacket: 10 regulatory reforms to create jobs'. This proposes 'seven changes to domestic legislation and regulations, and three changes to EU agreements, which could stimulate job creation'. These included: introducing no fault dismissal for underperforming employees; requiring a majority of support from balloted members for any strike in the emergency and transport sectors; abolishing the Working Time Regulations, which transpose the EU Working Time Directive into UK law; abolishing the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (which gives agency workers the right to the same basic employment and working conditions as full-time staff and gives effect in UK law to the EU's Temporary and Agency Workers Directive); and the reform of TUPE regulations, another EU regulation that preserves employees' terms and conditions when a business is transferred to a new employer.
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<ref>[http://www.cps.org.uk/publications/escaping-the-strait-jacket/ ESCAPING THE STRAIT JACKET], CPS website, 16 November 2011</ref>
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*July 2012: 'Unleashing the British Underdog: 10 bets on the little guy.' This included an array of policy proposals, including: Opening up the scheme that sponsors children from all backgrounds to go to private schools; fast-tracking 'Troops to Teachers', a scheme that encouraged more schools staffed by veterans to be set up in areas of deprivation (which, when later implemented, attracted very few applicants); teaching refugees English on arrival; as well as tax breaks for start-ups and micro-businesses, such as exemptions on employers’ NI contributions and cuts in business rates<ref>[http://www.cps.org.uk/publications/unleashing-the-british-underdog/ Unleashing the British Underdog], CPS, July 2012</ref>
  
Raab was also appointed a parliamentary under secretary at the [[Ministry of Justice]] in 2015, where he will work under [[Michael Gove]]. <ref> [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/11600542/Cameron-hands-junior-jobs-to-his-harshest-critics-in-reshuffle.html David Cameron hands junior jobs to his harshest critics in ministerial reshuffle] ''The Telegraph'', 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref>
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 17:56, 12 January 2018

Dominic Raab was appointed Housing Minister in January 2018.

Raab was previously parliamentary under secretary at the Ministry of Justice (from 2015), where he worked under Michael Gove. [1]

He has been the Conservative Party MP for Esher and Walton since the 2010 general election.[2] In the 2015 election, Raab was re-elected with a majority of 28,616. [3]

Free market think tank links

Raab has published a number of reports with the right wing think tank Centre for Policy Studies, including:

  • November 2011: 'Escaping the straight jacket: 10 regulatory reforms to create jobs'. This proposes 'seven changes to domestic legislation and regulations, and three changes to EU agreements, which could stimulate job creation'. These included: introducing no fault dismissal for underperforming employees; requiring a majority of support from balloted members for any strike in the emergency and transport sectors; abolishing the Working Time Regulations, which transpose the EU Working Time Directive into UK law; abolishing the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (which gives agency workers the right to the same basic employment and working conditions as full-time staff and gives effect in UK law to the EU's Temporary and Agency Workers Directive); and the reform of TUPE regulations, another EU regulation that preserves employees' terms and conditions when a business is transferred to a new employer.

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  • July 2012: 'Unleashing the British Underdog: 10 bets on the little guy.' This included an array of policy proposals, including: Opening up the scheme that sponsors children from all backgrounds to go to private schools; fast-tracking 'Troops to Teachers', a scheme that encouraged more schools staffed by veterans to be set up in areas of deprivation (which, when later implemented, attracted very few applicants); teaching refugees English on arrival; as well as tax breaks for start-ups and micro-businesses, such as exemptions on employers’ NI contributions and cuts in business rates[5]


Notes

  1. David Cameron hands junior jobs to his harshest critics in ministerial reshuffle The Telegraph, 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015
  2. Dominic Raab, www.parliament.uk, accessed 5 November 2012.
  3. Esher & Walton Parliamentary constituency BBC News, accessed 21 May 2015
  4. ESCAPING THE STRAIT JACKET, CPS website, 16 November 2011
  5. Unleashing the British Underdog, CPS, July 2012