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| − | [[Maria Miller]] was appointed as Culture Secretary in September 2012.<ref name="GuardianReshuffle">Juliette Jowit, Shiv Malik and Haroon Siddique, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/sep/04/new-cabinet?CMP=twt_gu Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far?], guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2012.</ref> | + | [[Maria Miller]] has been the Conservative MP for Basingstoke since 2005.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/maria-miller/1480 Rt Hon Maria Miller], www.parliament.uk, accessed 9 April 2014.</ref> |
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| + | She was appointed as Culture Secretary in September 2012.<ref name="GuardianReshuffle">Juliette Jowit, Shiv Malik and Haroon Siddique, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/sep/04/new-cabinet?CMP=twt_gu Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far?], guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2012.</ref> | ||
==Expenses controversy== | ==Expenses controversy== | ||
In February 2014 Miller was criticised by parliamentary standards officials for claiming mortgage repayments and other expenses associated with a large detached property in south London between 2005 and 2005. | In February 2014 Miller was criticised by parliamentary standards officials for claiming mortgage repayments and other expenses associated with a large detached property in south London between 2005 and 2005. | ||
| − | MPs on the House of Commons standards committee | + | MPs on the House of Commons standards committee were due to decide upon her future at a meeting in February 2014. The committee had the power to suspend Miller or order her to repay the expenses. Miller has repeatedly maintained her claims were 'entirely above board', insisting they had been 'audited twice independently'. <ref> Steven Swinford, Holly Watt and Claire Newell, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/cabinet-expenses/10642222/MPs-expenses-Maria-Miller-criticised-for-90000-claim-by-parliamentary-watchdog.html MPs' expenses: Maria Miller criticised for £90,000 claim by parliamentary watchdog], ''The Telegraph'', 16 February 2014, acc 17 February 2014 </ref> |
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| + | in the event, the committee reduced the sum Miller was asked to repay from £45,000 to £5,800.<ref>Patrick Wintour and Rowena Mason, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/apr/08/maria-miller-row-mps-standards-legal-fears Maria Miller row: reform of MPs' standards may fail due to legal fears], theguardian.com, 8 April 2014.</ref> | ||
| + | Miller resigned as Culture Secretary on 9 April 2014.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/resignation-of-maria-miller-mp Resignation of Maria Miller MP], GOV.UK, 9 April 2014.</ref> | ||
==Advisers== | ==Advisers== | ||
*[[Nick King]] was appointed as special adviser to Miller in October 2012 after working just four months as a senior account director at lobbying firm [[Hanover Communications]]. | *[[Nick King]] was appointed as special adviser to Miller in October 2012 after working just four months as a senior account director at lobbying firm [[Hanover Communications]]. | ||
Revision as of 14:32, 9 April 2014
Maria Miller has been the Conservative MP for Basingstoke since 2005.[1]
She was appointed as Culture Secretary in September 2012.[2]
Expenses controversy
In February 2014 Miller was criticised by parliamentary standards officials for claiming mortgage repayments and other expenses associated with a large detached property in south London between 2005 and 2005.
MPs on the House of Commons standards committee were due to decide upon her future at a meeting in February 2014. The committee had the power to suspend Miller or order her to repay the expenses. Miller has repeatedly maintained her claims were 'entirely above board', insisting they had been 'audited twice independently'. [3]
in the event, the committee reduced the sum Miller was asked to repay from £45,000 to £5,800.[4]
Miller resigned as Culture Secretary on 9 April 2014.[5]
Advisers
- Nick King was appointed as special adviser to Miller in October 2012 after working just four months as a senior account director at lobbying firm Hanover Communications.
- Joanna Hindley
External Resources
- Steven Swinford, Holly Watt and Claire Newell, MPs' expenses: Maria Miller criticised for £90,000 claim by parliamentary watchdog, The Telegraph, 16 February 2014, acc 17 February 2014
Notes
- ↑ Rt Hon Maria Miller, www.parliament.uk, accessed 9 April 2014.
- ↑ Juliette Jowit, Shiv Malik and Haroon Siddique, Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far?, guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2012.
- ↑ Steven Swinford, Holly Watt and Claire Newell, MPs' expenses: Maria Miller criticised for £90,000 claim by parliamentary watchdog, The Telegraph, 16 February 2014, acc 17 February 2014
- ↑ Patrick Wintour and Rowena Mason, Maria Miller row: reform of MPs' standards may fail due to legal fears, theguardian.com, 8 April 2014.
- ↑ Resignation of Maria Miller MP, GOV.UK, 9 April 2014.
