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Lord Freud was appointed Minister of State for Welfare Reform at the Department for Work and Pensions on 13 May 2015. He is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Education He studied philosophy, politics and economics at Merton...
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Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision of Judge Mitchell on 31 January 2021.
The Queen has approved the Rt Hon Lord Freud's resignation from government.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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