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Ellie Shawcross is Economic Adviser to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.[1]

Background

Shawcross, a 27 year old Oxford graduate, worked for Boris Johnson during his 2008 mayoral election campaign, holding responsibility for writing large parts of his manifesto.[2] She is the daughter of historian William Shawcross and an "old friend" of neoconservative author Douglas Murray.[3]

Shawcross is a former management consultant. Her particular interest is in financial services and business growth: in opposition, she worked with Lord Sassoon (now a Treasury minister) to develop financial services policy and to cost Conservative policy options. [4]

Contact, Resources, Notes

Notes

  1. Department of Information Services, "Parliamentary Information List", accessed 07.09.10
  2. Louise Armistead, "George Osborne's Treasury team - the power behind the coalition government", The Telegraph, 13.05.10, accessed 07.09.10
  3. Josh Neicho, "All power to the new Tories", London Evening Standard, 26.07.10, accessed 07.09.10
  4. The coalition special advisers, Civil Service World, (the newspaper for the senior civil service) 7th April 2011, accessed 5 October 2011