Chloe Smith
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 41 |
Web site | www.chloesmith.org.uk |
Date of birth | May 17,1982 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Ashford |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | Sandy McFadzean |
Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Party | Conservative Party |
Children | Alastair Hugh McFadzean |
Movies/Shows | Sione's Wedding |
Cow | |
Official site | parliament.uk |
members.parliament.uk | |
Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2009 | |
Education | University of York |
Iceni Academy | |
Listen artist | www.youtube.com |
Instruments | Vocals |
Banjo | |
Fiddle | |
Guitar | |
Songs | SongsMedicineWider Circles · 2015 ResilientLeylines · 2019 HarmonizeLeylines · 2019 View 25+ more |
List | MedicineWider Circles · 2015 |
Previous position | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of the United Kingdom (2022–2022) |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 416233 |
Chloe Smith Life story
Chloe Rebecca Smith is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology since April 2023, a role she is covering during the maternity leave of Michelle Donelan.
ChatGPT owner OpenAI to open first foreign office in UK
... Chloe Smith, the Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary, told the BBC: " OpenAI s decision to expand into London as their first international office is another vote of confidence for Britain as an AI powerhouse and, in OpenAI s own words, for our vibrant technology ecosystem and exceptional talent...
Apple joins opposition to encrypted message app scanning
... Its intervention comes as 80 organisations and tech experts have written to Technology Minister Chloe Smith urging a rethink on the powers...
Promotions for Dowden and Chalk reinforce PM's grip on power
... Downing Street has also announced that Chloe Smith will cover as science secretary while Michelle Donelan is on maternity leave...
Boris Johnson: Former PM announces plans to stand at next election
... Levelling Up minister Dehenna Davison, Chloe Smith, the former work and pensions secretary, and Will Wragg, the chair of the public administration select committee, have all said they will stand down...
Tory conference: Rebellion in the air over possible benefit squeeze
... Work and Pensions Secretary Chloe Smith is among those to have argued the government needs to protect the most vulnerable in society...
Liz Truss installs allies in key cabinet roles
... Another leadership contender, Kemi Badenoch, becomes international trade secretary, Chloe Smith takes on the work and pensions department, while Kit Malthouse is the new education secretary...
New cabinet: Who is in Liz Truss's top team?
... Chloe Smith replaces new Health Secretary Thérèse Coffey as work and pensions secretary...
Liz Truss's first cabinet: Who's in and who's out
... Elsewhere, Ms Truss s fellow Norfolk MP Chloe Smith has been tipped for the work and pensions job...
Tory conference: Rebellion in the air over possible benefit squeeze
By Nick EardleyBBC chief political correspondent
This has not been an easy party conference for the government.
Some in Birmingham think it's been a disaster.
First, a colossal U-turn on the 45p tax rate, then being forced to bring forward The Next step of the chancellor's Economic Growth plan Under Pressure from Tory MPs.
Now, there's another mutiny brewing over benefits - and how much they should go up by.
Boris Johnson 's government promised that working-age benefits would go up In Line with inflation.
His successor as PM, Liz Truss , has pledged that pensions will continue to be linked to inflation but has pointedly not made the same commitment when It Comes to welfare payments like universal credit.
It means a rise in working-age benefits could be linked to wages instead.
The government has said no final decision will be made for a few weeks yet. But rebellion hangs in the air here in Birmingham and it's likely to follow the Prime Minister back to Westminster.
A growing number of Conservative MPs are Making It clear where they stand - and remarkably, that goes all The Way up to The Cabinet .
Take Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt .
" We Are not about trying to help people with one hand and Take Away with another, " she told Times Radio.
Remember, cabinet ministers are supposed to toe the government line. This is not an example of biting your tongue.
Then there's the former Tory Leader - And One of the main architects of the universal credit System - Iain Duncan Smith , who has urged benefits to rise In Line with prices.
He told The Bbc : " Do The Right thing for those who are poorest.
" The Money you give into this area to deal with the worst off will go straight back into the economy, so that will help growth, ironically, at a time when we need growth rather than recession.
There is a debate going on in government over The Best way to proceed.
One argument being made in Downing Street is that it is unfair to urge workers to accept below inflation wage rises, then to give inflation-matched increases in benefits.
Hence the suggestion the rises in benefits could be limited to the average salary increase.
One minister who sits around The Cabinet table also argues the government needs to Be Prepared to have " a conversation" with The Public about the benefits System .
They argue The Drive for growth requires people to be in work, earning more money.
But there is significant concern in the Conservative Party about the idea of real-terms benefits cuts during a cost of living crisis.
Work and Pensions Secretary Chloe Smith is among those to have argued the government needs to protect The Most vulnerable In Society .
She told the conference: " We do understand that these are very anxious times for people, we know that people are struggling with some of the costs that are rising. That's why protecting The Most vulnerable is a vital priority for me and to this government. "
It'll be Her Job to conduct review of benefit levels. It's common for people in The Job to back higher rather than lower benefits. Her allies haven't contested suggestions she wants to secure an inflation-level increase.
" I suspect we'll end up with something close to inflation because of parliamentary pressure, " says one minister I spoke to on Tuesday morning.
So where does this all end up? Is The Move now inevitable? Some think so, like the former cabinet minister Damian Green who says the Prime Minister would lose any vote in Parliament on below-inflation benefits.
But remember three things:
Source of news: bbc.com