The Rt Hon Amber Rudd
Biography
Amber Rudd was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Minister for Women and Equalities between 24 July 2019 and 7 September 2019.
Amber was previously Secretary of State for Work and Pensions between 16 November 2018 and 7 September 2019.
She was previously Home Secretary from 13 July 2016 to 29 April 2018. She was elected Conservative MP for Hastings and Rye in 2010.
Political career
From 2010 to 2012 she was a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. She then served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2012 to 2013, and as Assistant Whip from October 2013.
Amber was the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change from July 2014 until May 2015. She was then Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from May 2015 until July 2016.
Career outside politics
Graduating from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in history, Amber worked in investment banking in the City of London and New York, before moving into venture capital. She then set up a freelance recruitment business and wrote for financial publications, before being elected to Parliament in May 2010.
Personal life
She lives in Hastings and has 2 children.
Previous roles in government
Announcements
Subscriptions
- Women pick jobs closer to family over bigger salary - as government promises to help them reach their financial potential
- New flexi job search that’s not just for mums
- £100,000 fund to boost mental health support across Cornwall
- Record number of women in work as wages continue to outstrip inflation
- Social Security Advisory Committee: appointment of interim chair
- Lowest paid set to receive sick pay for the first time
- Rudd: Working with global partners we can improve women’s prospects in the workplace
- Terminally ill benefit claimants deserve a fresh and honest evaluation of the way the system supports them
- Thousands of pensioners to benefit from PIP assessment overhaul
- Scheme launched to help ex-offenders in Scotland get better employment support