Theresa Mary May,Baroness May of Maidenhead,is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead from 1997 to 2024,and has been a member of the House of Lords since August 2024. May was the second female British prime minister,after Margaret Thatcher,and the first woman to have held two of the Great Offices of State. Ideologically,May is a one-nation conservative.
Michael Andrew Gove is a Scottish journalist,author,and retired politician who served in various Cabinet positions under David Cameron,Theresa May,Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. Apart from periods as a backbencher from July 2016 to June 2017 and July to October 2022,he served continuously in the Cabinet from 2010 to 2024. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Surrey Heath from 2005 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,Gove twice ran to become Leader of the Conservative Party,in 2016 and 2019,finishing in third place on both occasions. He has been editor of The Spectator since October 2024.
The 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.
The Ministry of Housing,Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for housing,communities,and local government in England. It was established in May 2006 and is the successor to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister,established in 2001. The department shares its headquarters building,at 2 Marsham Street in London,with the Home Office.
Gavin Laurence Barwell,Baron Barwell is a British politician and former Downing Street Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May. A member of the Conservative Party,he was Member of Parliament for Croydon Central from 2010 until 2017.
The term Notting Hill set refers to an informal group of young figures who were in prominent leadership positions in the Conservative Party,or close advisory positions around the former party leader and Prime Minister,David Cameron. Several of the group studied at Oxford University.
Nicola Ann Morgan,Baroness Morgan of Cotes,is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities from 2014 to 2016 and Secretary of State for Digital,Culture,Media and Sport from 2019 to 2020. She was the first woman to chair the Treasury Select Committee. A member of the Conservative Party,she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Loughborough from 2010 to 2019.
The National Security Council is a United Kingdom cabinet committee. The Council's terms of reference were said in September 2022 to include matters relating to national security,foreign policy,defence,trade,international relations,development,resilience and resource security. As of 2024,the meetings are held weekly.
Sir Philip John May is an English investment manager.
David Cameron formed the second Cameron ministry,the first Conservative majority government since 1996,following the 2015 general election. Prior to the election Cameron had led his first ministry,the Cameron–Clegg coalition,a coalition government that consisted of members of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats,with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister.
The 2016 Conservative Party leadership election was held due to Prime Minister David Cameron's resignation as party leader. He had resigned after losing the national referendum to leave the European Union. Cameron,who supported Britain's continued membership of the EU,announced his resignation on 24 June,saying that he would step down by October. Theresa May won the contest on 11 July 2016,after the withdrawal of Andrea Leadsom left her as the sole candidate.
Theresa May formed the first May ministry in the United Kingdom on 13 July 2016,after having been invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government. Then the Home Secretary,May's appointment followed the resignation of then Prime Minister David Cameron. The ministry,a Conservative majority government,succeeded the second Cameron ministry which had been formed following the 2015 general election. Cameron's government was dissolved as a result of his resignation in the immediate aftermath of the June 2016 referendum on British withdrawal from the European Union.
Theresa May's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 13 July 2016 when she accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government,succeeding David Cameron,and ended on 24 July 2019 upon her resignation. May's premiership was dominated by Brexit,terrorist attacks in Westminster,the Manchester Arena and London Bridge,the Grenfell Tower fire,and the Salisbury poisonings. As prime minister,May also served simultaneously as First Lord of the Treasury,and as Minister for the Civil Service. She also served as Leader of the Conservative Party.
Nicholas James Timothy is a British Conservative Party politician and former political adviser,serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Suffolk since 2024. He served as Joint Downing Street Chief of Staff,alongside Fiona Hill,to Prime Minister Theresa May,until after the 2017 general election.
Stephen Parkinson,Baron Parkinson of Whitley Bay is a British Conservative member of the House of Lords who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts,Heritage and Libraries from March 2022 to July 2024.
The 2019 Conservative Party leadership election was triggered when Theresa May announced on 24 May 2019 that she would resign as leader of the Conservative Party on 7 June and as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom once a successor had been elected. Nominations opened on 10 June;10 candidates were nominated. The first ballot of members of Parliament (MPs) took place on 13 June,with exhaustive ballots of MPs also taking place on 18,19 and 20 June,reducing the candidates to two. The general membership of the party elected the leader by postal ballot;the result was announced on 23 July,with Boris Johnson being elected with almost twice as many votes as his opponent Jeremy Hunt.
James Marshall is a former director of the Number 10 Policy Unit.
The 50% Rule in English faith school admissions introduced in 2010,stipulating that where newly established academies with a religious character are oversubscribed,at least 50% of their places would be open places,i.e. allocated without reference to faith. The rule is sometimes referred to as the Faith Cap on admissions. However,as the open places were just as accessible to faith applicants as non-faith applicants,in practice the rule did not explicitly prevent such schools from having more than 50% of students with a faith affiliation.
The 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours are honours awarded following the July 2019 resignation of the Prime Minister,Theresa May. The life peerages and other honours were issued as two separate lists by the Cabinet Office on 10 September 2019,while the honours were gazetted as one list on 28 October 2019.
The Future Resilience Forum (FRF) is an international security conference launched in October 2023 in London by its founder Fiona Hill. The forum analyses the key factors shaping the emerging global order by gathering insights from leaders across business,politics,government,academia,and investment sectors.
