Valerie Ann Amos,Baroness Amos,is a British Labour Party politician and diplomat who served as the eighth UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to the UN,she served as British High Commissioner to Australia. She was created a life peer in 1997,serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council from 2003 to 2007. Since September 2020,Amos has been Master of University College,Oxford,succeeding Sir Ivor Crewe and becoming the first-ever black head of an Oxford college,as well as the first woman to head that college.
The Cabinet Office is a department of the UK Government responsible for supporting the prime minister and Cabinet. It is composed of various units that support Cabinet committees and coordinate the delivery of government objectives via other departments. As of December 2021,it had over 10,200 staff,mostly civil servants,some of whom work in Whitehall. Staff working in the Prime Minister's Office are part of the Cabinet Office.
Sir David Roy Lidington is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aylesbury from 1992 until 2019. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office from 2018 to 2019 and was frequently described as being Theresa May's de facto Deputy Prime Minister.
Joanne Kate Swinson is a British former politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from July to December 2019. She was the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position,as well as the shortest-serving holder of the post. Swinson was Member of Parliament (MP) for East Dunbartonshire from 2005 to 2015 and 2017 to 2019. In September 2020 Swinson became Director of Partners for a New Economy (P4NE).
The Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is a senior official in the United Kingdom Civil Service who acts as principal private secretary to the prime minister of the United Kingdom. The holder of this office is traditionally the head of the Prime Minister's Office in 10 Downing Street. In the Civil Service,the role is currently graded as director general.
The prime minister's official spokesperson or alternatively prime minister's official spokesman/spokeswoman is a position in the United Kingdom's Civil Service,located in the Prime Minister's Office in 10 Downing Street and used by the British prime minister to convey information to the public. The prime minister's official spokesperson usually addresses a small group of press and media correspondents,known as lobby correspondents,each morning to deliver statements on current events on behalf of the prime minister.
The office of Downing Street Chief of Staff is the most senior political appointee in the Office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,acting as a senior aide to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The holder of the office retains a highly powerful,non-ministerial position within His Majesty's Government.
Allegra Elizabeth Jane Stratton is a British former political aide,journalist,and writer who served as Downing Street Press Secretary under Boris Johnson from November 2020 to April 2021.
Helen Elizabeth Clark is a New Zealand politician who served as the 37th prime minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008,and was the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017. She was New Zealand's fifth-longest-serving prime minister,and the second woman to hold that office.
Mark Philip Sedwill,Baron Sedwill,is a British diplomat and senior civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service to Prime Ministers Theresa May and Boris Johnson from 2018 to 2020. He also served as the United Kingdom National Security Adviser from 2017 to 2020. He was previously the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010 and the NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan in 2010. He was the Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from February 2013 to April 2017.
Thérèse Anne Coffey is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs since October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,she previously was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from September to October 2022 and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2019 to 2022. Coffey,the first woman to hold the title of Deputy Prime Minister,has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk Coastal since 2010.
Sir James Jacob Gilchrist Berry is a British Conservative Party politician and former solicitor who served as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio from 6 September to 25 October 2022. He previously served as Minister of State for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth from 2017 to 2020 in the governments of Theresa May and Boris Johnson.
Sir Benjamin William Elliot is a British businessman and fund-raiser for the Conservative Party who served as Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party from July 2019 alongside James Cleverly (2019–2020),Amanda Milling (2020–2021),Oliver Dowden (2021–2022),and Andrew Stephenson (2022) before resigning on 5 September 2022. In 2018,Elliot was appointed by Michael Gove,the secretary of state for the environment,as the UK government's first Food Surplus and Waste Champion. Elliot is the co-founder of the Quintessentially Group,a global luxury concierge service,and the co-founder of Hawthorn Advisors,a communications consultancy based in London. He is a nephew of Queen Camilla.
Wendy Morton is a British politician who served as Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from September to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldridge-Brownhills in the West Midlands since 2015.
Oliver James Dowden is a British politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2023. A member of the Conservative Party,he is also Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hertsmere since 2015.
Alice Yvonne Bentinck is a British entrepreneur. Along with Matthew Clifford,she is the co-founder of Entrepreneur First,a London-based company builder and startup accelerator. Based in London and Singapore,EF funds ambitious individuals based across Europe and Asia to create startups. In 2017,it was announced that Reid Hoffman,co-founder of LinkedIn and Partner at Greylock,was leading a $12.4million investment into Entrepreneur First.
The 2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours are honours awarded following the July 2016 resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron. The life peerages and other honours were issued as two separate lists by the Cabinet Office on 4 August 2016 and all honours were gazetted as one list on 16 August 2016. This was the first Prime Minister's Resignation Honours since 1997.
The Department for Exiting the European Union was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for overseeing negotiations relating to Brexit,and establishing the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the EU. It was formed by the Prime Minister,Theresa May,in July 2016,in the wake of the referendum vote to leave the European Union. The department was dissolved on 31 January 2020 when Brexit took effect.
Elizabeth Grace Sugg,Baroness Sugg is a British politician,life peer and former political adviser. A member of the Conservative Party,she served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development between February and November 2020.
Judith Vivienne Blake,Baroness Blake of Leeds is a British Labour politician serving as a life peer in the House of Lords since 2021. She serves on the opposition front bench as a Shadow Spokesperson for Housing,Communities and Local Government and an Opposition Whip.
