Elizabeth Truss

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Elizabeth Truss

Elizabeth Truss has been the Conservative MP for South West Norfolk since 2010. She was appointed a parliamentary under-secretary in the Department for Education in 2012.[1]

She has worked as the secretary of state at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since July 2014.[2]

Truss previously worked as deputy director at Reform, a think tank whose declared mission is 'to set out a better way to deliver public services and economic prosperity.' [3]

Gifts

In September 2013, Truss was gifted a box at Norwich City Football Club for her and her husband, valued at about £2,000.[4]

Special advisers

Notes

  1. Elizabeth Truss, www.parliament.uk, accessed 25 August 2013.
  2. Ministerial appointments: July 2014, Prime Minister's Office, 15 July 2014.
  3. Overview Reform, accessed 23 April 2015
  4. Annabelle Dickson Second jobs and party donations from energy firms, IT and property companies - what has your MP declared in the latest MP’s register of interests? Eastern Daily Press, 29 October 2014, accessed 20 February 2015