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Amber Augusta Rudd (born 1 August 1963) [2] is a British former politician who served as Home Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2018 to 2019. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings and Rye , first elected in 2010 , representing the Conservative Party , and stood down from parliament in 2019 .
Foster held the seat, again with slim majorities over Conservatives, in 2001 and 2005, but lost it to Conservative Amber Rudd in 2010. Rudd was re-elected with an increased majority in 2015, but in the 2017 general election, the Green Party declined to contest the seat and instead called on its supporters to back the Labour candidate. [3]
Amber Rudd was the final secretary of state at DECC, until she became Home Secretary. The post was formed into the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy by new prime minister Theresa May in July 2016. The role is now part of the portfolio belonging to the secretary of state for energy security and net zero.
Amber Rudd [21] MP for Hastings and Rye: 13 July 2016 29 April 2018: Conservative: May I May II: Sajid Javid [22] MP for Bromsgrove: 30 April 2018: 24 July 2019 Conservative: Priti Patel [23] MP for Witham: 24 July 2019 6 September 2022 Conservative: Johnson I: Johnson II: Suella Braverman [24] MP for Fareham: 6 September 2022 19 October 2022 ...
Amber Rudd, while still Home Secretary, apologised for the "appalling" treatment of the Windrush generation. [120] On 23 April 2018, Rudd announced that compensation would be given to those affected and fees and language tests for citizenship applicants would be waived for this group in the future. [77]
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IN FOCUS: In cabinet, the former minister wanted to hold a mirror up to Boris Johnson and regularly saw his mask slip. As his new memoir is published full of wild untruths and shameless ...
Riley Anthony Winton Rudd (24 April 1924 – 29 May 2017) was an English stockbroker who found success in the world of technology start-ups, but came under censure from the Department of Trade and Industry for his business practices. [1] Among his children were the politician Amber Rudd and the public relations executive Roland Rudd.