Peter Norman Fowler,Baron Fowler,is a British politician who served as a member of both Margaret Thatcher and John Major's ministries during the 1980s and 1990s. He held the office of Lord Speaker from 1 September 2016 to 30 April 2021.
Owen William Paterson is a British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2010 to 2012 and Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs from 2012 to 2014 under Prime Minister David Cameron. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Shropshire from 1997 until his resignation in 2021. Paterson was also the President of the Northern Ireland Conservatives.
West Suffolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Matt Hancock,originally elected as a Conservative but who sits as an Independent following his suspension in November 2022.
John David Penrose is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Weston-super-Mare since 2005. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the United Kingdom Anti-Corruption Champion at the Home Office from 2017 until 2022. He resigned on 6 June 2022 as the United Kingdom Anti-Corruption Champion due to the Boris Johnson Partygate scandal.
Frederick Richard Penn Curzon,7th Earl Howe,,is a Conservative front bench member of the House of Lords. He is Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and former Minister of State for Defence. Howe is the longest continuously serving Conservative frontbencher,having held a front bench role in some capacity since 1991.
Rodney Elton,2nd Baron Elton,was a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords.
Matthew John David Hancock is a British politician who served as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from 2015 to 2016,Secretary of State for Digital,Culture,Media and Sport from January to July 2018,and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2018 to 2021. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for West Suffolk since 2010. He is a member of the Conservative Party,but now sits in the House of Commons as an independent,having had the whip suspended since November 2022.
Michelle Georgina Mone,Baroness Mone,is a Scottish businesswoman and life peer. She has set up several businesses,including MJM International Ltd in 1996 and the lingerie company Ultimo along with her then husband Michael Mone. Other ventures include naturopathic 'weight-loss' pills,and a fake tan product via Ultimo Beauty.
Randox is a Northern Irish health and toxicology company in the in vitro diagnostics industry headquartered in Crumlin,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,owned by Peter FitzGerald. The company develops diagnostic solutions for hospitals,clinical,research and molecular labs,food testing,forensic toxicology,veterinary labs and life sciences. It develops,manufactures and markets reagents and equipment for laboratory medicine,with a distribution network of 145 countries. Randox is the biggest polymerase chain reaction testing provider in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Randox received three contracts by the Department of Health and Social Care without having to compete for a tender.
Stephen Charles Brine is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchester since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party,he worked as a BBC radio journalist and in public relations prior to his political career. Brine identifies as a one-nation conservative. In November 2022,he was elected chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee.
Diana Mary "Dido" Harding,Baroness Harding of Winscombe is a British businesswoman and life peer who served as chair of NHS Improvement from 2017 to 2021 and as interim chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and head of NHS Test and Trace from 2020 to 2021.
Isabel Euphemia Oakeshott is a British political journalist.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom,the UK Government introduced various public health and economic measures to mitigate its impact. Devolution meant that the four nations' administrative responses to the pandemic differed;the Scottish Government,the Welsh Government,and the Northern Ireland Executive produced different policies to those that apply in England. Numerous laws were enacted or introduced throughout the crisis.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom,the British government decided in March 2020 to rapidly place contracts and recruit a number of individuals. Shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) were a particular political issue for the second Johnson ministry. This led to the awarding of a number of contracts without a competitive tendering process,and friends of political figures and people who had made political donations were quickly given contracts. As a result,accusations of cronyism were made against the government.
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry is an ongoing,independent public inquiry into the United Kingdom's response to,and the impact of,the COVID-19 pandemic,and to learn lessons for the future. Public hearings began in June 2023. Boris Johnson announced the inquiry in May 2021,to start in Spring 2022. In December 2021,Heather Hallett was announced as the chair of the inquiry.
Helen Margaret Lillian Morgan is a British Liberal Democrat politician and chartered accountant who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Shropshire since 2021. Morgan is the first Liberal Democrat to represent the constituency,which had previously been considered a Conservative safe seat.
A list of events relating to politics and government in the United Kingdom during 2022.
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom from July 2022 to December 2022.
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom in 2023.
