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'''Jacqui Smith''' is a former UK Labour Home Secretary (2007-2009), Chief Government Whip and Minister for Schools (2005-2006). She was the Member of Parliament for Redditch from 1997 until May 2010.
 
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Jacqui Smith

Jacqui Smith is a former UK Labour Home Secretary (2007-2009), Chief Government Whip and Minister for Schools (2005-2006). She was the Member of Parliament for Redditch from 1997 until May 2010.

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After leaving politics Smith became a consultant for one of the Big Four accountancy firms, KPMG in October 2010, a position that was cleared by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.[1] She held this until June 2011. [2] According to the Daily Mail, KPMG had "won an important government contract while Smith was Home Secretary when it was commissioned to carry out a major study into whether drink industry giants were breaking guidelines on the sale of alcohol". [3] In February 2015 Westbourne Communications Smith to chair its public affairs practice. [4]

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  1. Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Twelfth Annual Report, 2010-2011
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Jacqui Smith, LinkedIn profile, acc 11 June 2013
  3. Geoffrey Levy, Tony's cronies and snouts in the trough: How one-time Labour bigwigs are raking it in thanks to the private sector, 10 June 2011, acc 28 Sept 2011
  4. Anna Reynolds Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith hired by Westbourne Communications PR Week, 17 February 2015, accessed 26 February 2015