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Margaret Beckett

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Gender Female
Age 81
Date of birth January 15,1943
Zodiac sign Capricorn
Born Ashton-under-Lyne
United Kingdom
Spouse Leo Beckett
Office Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Party Labour Party
Job Politician
BooksThursday Sittings
Programming of Legislation
Programming of Legislation and Timing of Votes
First review of the National Security Strategy 2010: first report of session 2010-12, report, together with formal minutes
Official site parliament.uk
Education University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
Position Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 1983
Previous positionSecretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom (2006–2007)
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Margaret Beckett Life story


Dame Margaret Mary Beckett DBE is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Derby South since 1983. A member of the Labour Party, she became Britain's first female Foreign Secretary in 2006 and served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Tony Blair throughout his tenure.

Early Life and Education

Margaret beckett was born on 15th january 1943 in ashton-under-lyne. Lancashire. England. She attended hdye ocunty grammar school and went on to study at the university of manchester where she graduated in 1964 with a b. Sc in economics.

Political Career

Amrgaret becktet served as the member of parliament for derby south from 1983 to 2019. She was appointed to prime minister tony blair s cabinet in 1997. Making her the first female foreign secretary in the history of the uk. She also served as secretary of state for environment. Food and rural affairs (defra) from 2001 to 2007.

Leadership Roles

In 2006 margaret beckett was elected leader of the ohuse of commons and became the first woman to hold this post. She then served as deputy prime minister from 2007 to.

Honours and Awards

In 2010 margaret beckett was appointed a member of the order of the companions of honour (ch) for her services to politics. In 2019 she was given a life peerage. Becoming baroness beckett of the ctiy of derby.

Margaret Beckett s Important Event

In 2010. Margaret beckett was instrumental in the passing of the localism act. Whihc gave local communities more ocntrol over their areas and reduced the power of central government.

Interesting Facts about Margaret Beckett

Margaret beckett is a fan of the popular british soap opera coronation street and has appeared as an extra on the show.

Legacy

Margaret beckett was one of the most prominent female politicians in the uk and leaves behind a legacy as an advocate for gender equality and social justice.

Books by Margaret Beckett

Margaret beckett has written several books including the cohsen peopl:e the story of the labour party (1991). The changing of the guard: britain in the 20th century (2000) and the changing of the guard: britain in the 21st century (2005).

Personal Life

Margaret beckett is married to physicist professor thomas beckett and has two childre. N

Philanthropic Endeavours

Margaret beckett is a patron of the charity community service volunteers (csv). She is also a patron of the centre for local economic strategies (cles) and the national autitsic society.

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... MP Margaret Beckett was also denied the honour, but boxer Sandy Ryan was given the award...

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... " The thing I find most disturbing is the lack of evidence that anyone in government is focusing on how all the impacts can come together, creating cascading crises, " said the chair of the Joint Committee, Dame Margaret Beckett MP...

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... Last year, at the age of 46, Liz Truss became the UK s second female foreign secretary - following a trail blazed previously only by Labour s Margaret Beckett 15 years ago...

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... When they finally reached agreement at dawn - and I spotted the then UK environment secretary Margaret Beckett with tears in her eyes - I asked a veteran observer what was being celebrated...

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... behindIt is a good day caps revealed for the shadow Brexit Secretary, the growing number of parliamentary supporters include former Secretary of state, Margaret Beckett, the new shadow culture Secretary Tracy Brabin and Tottenham MP David Lammy...

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... Margaret Beckett, the opposition, the Deputy Chairman, was among the members of the Parliament, shook his head, skeptical of the Big statement...

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... Veteran Europhile former Tory Chancellor Ken Clarke and Labour s Margaret Beckett, who was caretaker leader of her own party in the early 1990s, after the death of John Smith, have both been proposed as a possible supervisor...

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... In just over a decade, Margaret Beckett was business secretary, leader of the House of Commons, environment secretary, foreign secretary and housing minister And we re not even counting Greg Clark, who was president of the Board of Trade for four days in Theresa May s government in 2016...

Liz Truss: Fast-track career of foreign secretary

Feb 16,2020 5:52 am

Liz Truss once Played Margaret Thatcher in a school Play - But now she has Her sights set on becoming Prime Minister in Real Life .

After Two rounds of voting, she is one of five candidates left in The Race to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative Party Leader - and Prime Minister .

Last Year , at the Age Of 46, Liz Truss became the UK's second female Foreign Secretary - Following a trail blazed previously only by Labour's Margaret Beckett 15 years ago.

In a relatively Short Time in Parliament, she has held a wide variety of posts, dealing with high-profile domestic and international issues.

'A-list candidate'

Born in Oxford in 1975, Ms Truss describes Her parents, a mathematics professor and a nurse, as " left-wing".

It was not a characteristic inherited by their daughter.

She moved to Paisley, in Scotland, aged four, and, in 1983 - in a hint of Her future political proclivities - Played the part of Margaret Thatcher in a school dramatic production.

The Family then decamped to Leeds, where she attended a state Secondary School .

Her Younger Brother said The Family enjoyed playing board games such as Cluedo and Monopoly, But that the young Liz Truss hated losing and would often disappear rather than risk not winning.

Mrs Truss went on to Oxford University, where she read philosophy, politics and economics and was active in student politics, initially for the Liberal Democrats and later for the Conservatives.

Afterwards she worked as an accountant for Shell, and Cable & Wireless, But Her heart was set on Westminster.

She was the Tory candidate for Hemsworth and Calder Valley in the 2001 and 2005 general elections, failing to win either seat. But she was elected as a councillor in Greenwich, south-east London, in 2006, from 2008 also working as deputy director of the right-of-centre Reform Think Tank .

Part of Conservative Leader David Cameron's " A-list" of priority candidates, Ms Truss was finally elected MP for the safe Tory seat of South West Norfolk in 2010, with a 13,140-vote majority.

While in Parliament she co-authored a book called Britannia Unchained, which recommended stripping back state regulation to boost the UK's position in The World , marking Her out as a prominent advocate of Free Market policies on the Tory benches.

In 2012, just over Two years after becoming an MP, she entered government as an Education Minister .

Cheese speech

She clashed with Lib Dem Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg over schools reform, But Mr Cameron promoted Her to The Cabinet in 2014, as environment Secretary .

At the 2015 Conservative conference, Ms Truss was mocked for giving a speech including an But this did not impede Her progress.

During the EU referendum, she campaigned for the Remain side, that Brexit would be " a triple Tragedy - More rules, More forms and More delays when selling to the EU".

However, she later changed Her mind, arguing that Brexit provided an opportunity to " shake up The Way things work".

In 2016, she became justice Secretary under Theresa May , The Following year Moving On to become chief Secretary to the Treasury, a position at The Heart of the government's economic programme.

After Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in 2019, Ms Truss was moved to International Trade Secretary - a job which means meeting political and business leaders to promote UK PLC.

As Foreign Secretary she sought to solve the knotty problem of the Northern Ireland Protocol, by scrapping parts of a post-Brexit EU-UK Deal - a move the EU fiercely criticised.

She secured the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori from Iran - Two British Iranian nationals who had both been arrested and detained in Iran .

When Russia invaded Ukraine she took a hard line, insisting all Russian forces should be driven from the country.

She faced criticism after expressing support for individuals from the UK who might want to go to Ukraine to Fight .



Source of news: bbc.com

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