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Confidence and Supply Agreement between the Conservative and Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party.
David Cameron was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on 13 November 2023. He was elevated to the House of Lords on 20 November 2023, as Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton. He was previously Prime Minister...
Lord Pickles was appointed as the next Conservative Party nominee to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments in July 2019 and was subsequently appointed as Chair following an open competition, in line with the Cabinet Office Governance Code, taking up...
The Committee has received evidence from the Conservative, Labour, and Liberal Democrat parties as part of its review on the subject of the intimidation of Parliamentary candidates.
Lord Astor was appointed Under Secretary of State and the Lords Spokesman on Defence in 2003. He is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Education Lord Astor was educated at Eton. Political career In 1994 Lord Astor was...
Boris Johnson was Prime Minister from 24 July 2019 to 6 September 2022. He was previously Foreign Secretary from 13 July 2016 to 9 July 2018. He was Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip from May 2015 to June...
Lord Kamall was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport between 20 September 2022 and 28 October 2022. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Technology, Innovation and Life Sciences at...
Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister on 25 October 2022. He was previously appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer from 13 February 2020 to 5 July 2022. He was Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 24 July 2019 to 13 February 2020,...
Nick Gibb was Minister of State at the Department for Education between 26 October 2022 and 13 November 2023. He was previously Minister of State (Minister for School Standards) at the Department for Education between July 2014 and September 2021....
The Rt Hon William Hague was appointed First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons on 15 July 2014. He was elected to Parliament in 1989 as the Conservative MP for Richmond (Yorks). Education William was educated...
The King has been graciously pleased to signify His intention of conferring the following Peerages of the United Kingdom for Life.
Nick Boles served as Minister of State jointly for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Education from July 2014 until July 2016. Previously he served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Planning from September...
Jeremy Hunt was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer on 14 October 2022. He served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 9 July 2018 to 24 July 2019. He was elected Conservative MP for South West Surrey...
The Rt Hon Esther McVey was appointed as Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office on 13 November 2023 and was previously the Minister of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government from 24 July 2019 to...
He was previously Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office from 25 October 2022 to 29 January 2023 He was previously Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and Minister for Equalities from 6 September to 25...
Find out the basic rules of VAT, how they apply to clubs and associations, and how to treat VAT on subscriptions and other payments.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a speech on welfare.
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer's speech to the Society of Editors 25th Anniversary Conference
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