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David Anthony Laws (born 30 November 1965) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Yeovil, Paddy Ashdown's old seat, and was first elected in 2001. After a substantial swing against the Liberal Democrats following the resignation of Paddy Ashdown, Laws regained some of the lost ground at the 2005 election with an increased majority of over 8000. He is Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families. If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ...
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Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...
The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ...
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Yeovil is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, KBE, PC, (born 27 February 1941), commonly known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician. ...
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The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families is a Cabinet minister in the United Kingdom. ...
Born in Farnham, Surrey Laws graduated with a double first from King's College, Cambridge in Economics, and went into investment banking, becoming a Vice President of JP Morgan and then Managing Director of Barclays de Zoete Wedd. He left in 1994 to take up the role of economic adviser to the Liberal Democrats. From 1997-1999 he was the party's Director of Policy and Research. This article is about the English town. ...
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Full name The King’s College of Our Lady and St Nicholas in Cambridge Motto Veritas et Utilitas Truth and usefulness Named after Henry VI Previous names - Established 1441 Sister College(s) New College, Oxford Provost Prof. ...
On his election to parliament he became a member of the Treasury Select Committee, and in November 2001 he was appointed the party's deputy defence spokesperson. A year later took up the position of Lib Dem Chief Secretary to the Treasury and launched a spending review.
He was appointed the Liberal Democrats' Work and Pensions Spokesman in 2005, a position in which he has been highly critical of the government's handling of the Child Support Agency and flaws in the tax credits system.
He is the co-editor of the Orange Book (2004).
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne offered Laws, who is generally seen, along with other Orange Book authors, as being on the right-wing of the Lib Dems, a seat in the Conservative Shadow Cabinet, but was rebuffed, with Laws saying "He is not a Tory." [1][2] The Official Loyal Opposition Shadow Cabinet (normally referred to simply as The Shadow Cabinet) is, in British parliamentary practice, a group of members from Her Majestys Loyal Opposition whose job it is to scrutinise their opposite numbers in government and come up with alternative policies. ...
George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born 23 May 1971 in London) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom, and has been Member of Parliament for Tatton since 2001. ...
The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Shadow Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster system of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose...
Following the resignation of Sir Menzies Campbell on 15 October 2007, he announced that he would not be a candidate for the leadership of the party.
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- ^ Tories step up hunt for defectors, BBC News, March 23, 2007
- ^ Open maw not big tent, The Guardian, June 22, 2007
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
See also The Liberal Democrats are the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom. ...
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