Lee Anderson

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used a reshuffle on Tuesday to handed a senior position to Mr Anderson, the MP for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire and a former miner, ...

Mr Anderson retweeted the announcement from the official Conservative Twitter account, saying: “Yes it’s true. From the pits to Parliament. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used a reshuffle on Tuesday to handed a senior position to Mr Anderson, the MP for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire and a former miner, making him deputy to new Tory chairman Greg Hands.

Tory MPs have expressed dismay at the appointment. One former minister told The Independent Mr Anderson would be a “walking embarrassment” in the job. The ...

“Make out you know who I am... Why are you here dressed like a tramp?” Tory MPs have expressed dismay at the appointment.

Talk about a broad church reshuffle. Having appointed the socially liberal London MP Greg Hands as the chairman of the Tory party this morning, ...

His posts on the cost of living crisis may divide – Anderson has criticised those earning £30,000 and still using foodbanks – but he is notable for being one of the Conservative MPs willing to suggest budgeting has a role to play in the current financial climate. He is also popular on the constituency circuit, having spoken to roughly a dozen different associations in 12 months. Having appointed the socially liberal London MP Greg Hands as the chairman of the Tory party this morning, this afternoon Rishi Sunak named Red Wall right-winger Lee Anderson as his new deputy too.

Rishi Sunak has appointed Lee Anderson - a Brexit-backing former Labour councillor - to the key role under new chairman Greg Hands.

He took the Hammersmith and Fulham parliamentary constituency from Labour in 2005 with a majority of more than 5,000. He spent a gap year in West Berlin, working in a McDonalds and a swimming pool before heading to Cambridge. 'Great to arrive back in the UK at Luton Airport in time for the match today and to vote against Heathrow expansion tomorrow,' he wrote. Since then he has been a trade minister under Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Mr Sunak. More recently he showed his loyalty to Mr Sunak when his wife, Akshata Murty, came under pressure over her non-dom tax status. He was a shadow Treasury minister in opposition and rose to become a whip and then Chief Secretary to the Treasury under Cameron in 2015. At the time Mr Hands, a Plymouth Argyle fan who had been on a pilgrimage at a Romanian monastery, used Twitter to mock Mr Johnson. His family then moved back to the UK. There will be a new ministry of 'Science, Innovation and Technology', including responsibilities for digital issues currently held by the Culture Department. More recently he also clashed with Boris Johnson over the proposed third runway at Heathrow. 'What a time to be alive.. My focus will be securing our long-term energy supply, bringing down bills and thereby helping to (halve) inflation.'

After his appointment, Ashfield MP Lee Anderson retweeted a Conservative party tweet and said: "Yes it's true. From the Pits to Parliament.

After his appointment, he retweeted a Conservative party tweet and commented: "Yes it's true. Feeling very proud." We can make a meal for about 30 pence a day.

MP with outspoken views on food banks, anti-social behaviour and taking the knee is now deputy chairman of the Conservative party.

You’re still a scrounger and you’re still a malingerer.” [Boris Johnson](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/Boris-Johnson) and that it was “time you got off his back”. There’s a massive witch hunt by you, and the Labour Party, and the mainstream media.” At the Tory conference last year, Anderson suggested the UK economy – which is predicted to slip into recession – was doing just fine. The BBC has had it in for Boris since day one.” But they at least marked him out as a loyalist (well, apart from the Titanic comment). I just don’t understand why the left are attacking for stating how much a breakfast costs.” “Make out you know who I am... “Just been asked for proof of a 30p breakfast. There you go,” he wrote, as others pointed out issues to do with nutrition (among others). In 2019, journalist Michael Crick caught him getting one of his friends to pose as an anti-Labour swing voter. “We can make a meal for about 30 pence a day.

Controversial MP appointed as Greg Hands' deputy; Michelle Donelan becomes minister for science, innovation and technology.

Success for the new department in terms of energy security and the transition to net zero will be heavily dependent on decisions taken elsewhere in Whitehall. Nick Turton, external affairs director at the Energy Institute, was part of the team that set up the previous Department of Energy and Climate Change in 2008. I mean, Nicola’s one of the most gifted communicators in politics but on this issue, and trying to defend self identification, she has been reduced to stumbling incoherence. Sunak used to work for Sharp when they were both at Goldman Sachs, and in an interview with ITV it was put to him that what came out at the select committee hearing this morning showed cronyism in action. It is an enabler that has to run through every aspect of government, remaining accountable to the highest level. The report is based on what Salmond told a Burns supper in Dundee on Saturday. The government has lost another voted in the House of Lords on the public order bill. Greg Hands, the new chairman, is seen as a competent administrator, rather than a partisan Labour-basher, he is relatively centrist (in Tory terms) and he voted remain. Anderson recently suggested to Tory MPs in a WhatsApp exchange that officials opposing the government’s Rwanda deportation policy on human rights grounds might be guilty of “treason”. (He was complaining about the small boats policy, which he thought was insufficiently draconian.) But Sunak has not really got any authentic “red wall” voices in cabinet, and so Anderson will fill a gap. He won Ashfield from Labour in 2019 and is the archetypal “red wall” Tory. The Conservative party normally has plenty of vice-chairs, and those positions are not deemed significant.

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson has been promoted to deputy party chair, in a move that has caused disquiet among Tory MPs given his history of controversial ...

From the pits to Parliament. The MP added: "He seems to rejoice in deliberately provoking and making aggressive simplistic statements that fail to recognise the complexities of the issues facing the country. Nigel Adams, the Tory MP for Selby and Ainsty, earlier hailed the decision as a "clever appointment" by the prime minister adding: "He understands why people voted Conservative in 2019 and what makes them tick." "You've got generation after generation who cannot cook properly. Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner quipped Mr Anderson has been "handed a deck chair" while Labour MP Zarah Sultana said the Conservatives were "scraping the barrel" to fill government appointments. Katy makes my point really well." Just a few weeks ago, WhatsApp messages seen by Sky News showed the Tory MP comparing the government to the "band on the Titanic" in a heated debate between colleagues about whether the party was doing enough to tackle the issue of small boats He appeared to win support for these views from one man whose door he knocked on - but it emerged he had called the householder ahead of the visit and told him to "make out you know who I am, that you know I'm the candidate but not that you are a friend". He later challenged Mr Bray to settle their differences in a boxing ring, telling The Telegraph's Chopper's Politics podcast: "He's a nuisance, and I've got a challenge for him. As the hashtag "Poor Katy" started trending on Twitter, Labour MP Dawn Butler claimed Mr Anderson's tweet was a form of "bullying and harassment" and said she had reported him to the Commons authorities. Mr Anderson also hit the headlines when he said he would not watch England in the Euro 2020 championships over the players' decision to take the knee. Just last week Lee Anderson compared the government to the "band on the Titanic" in a heated WhatsApp exchange about small boat crossings.

An MP dubbed '30p Lee' for claiming meals can be made from scratch for 30p a day has been made deputy chairman of the Conservative Party.

[check our news page](https://metro.co.uk/news/). [Rishi Sunak’s mini cabinet reshuffle: The new appointments in full](https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/07/rishi-reshuffles-his-cabinet-and-creates-new-science-and-technology-role-18237376/?ico=more_text_links) [World Cup](https://metro.co.uk/tag/world-cup/?ico=auto_link_news_P4_LNK1) finals in protest at England players taking the knee. [Nadhim Zahawi](https://metro.co.uk/tag/nadhim-zahawi/?ico=auto_link_news_P3_LNK1) as Tory chairman. [first cabinet reshuffle](https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/07/rishi-reshuffles-his-cabinet-and-creates-new-science-and-technology-role-18237376/), prime minister [Rishi Sunak](https://metro.co.uk/tag/rishi-sunak/?ico=auto_link_news_P2_LNK1) promoted Nottinghamshire MP Lee Anderson – famed for declaring no nurses need food banks. [claiming meals can be made from scratch for 30p a day](https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/11/tory-mp-lee-anderson-moans-poor-people-cant-cook-properly-16626557/) has been made deputy chairman of the Conservatives.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used a reshuffle on Tuesday to handed a senior position to Mr Anderson, the MP for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire and a former miner, ...

Mr Anderson retweeted the announcement from the official Conservative Twitter account, saying: “Yes it’s true. From the pits to Parliament. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used a reshuffle on Tuesday to handed a senior position to Mr Anderson, the MP for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire and a former miner, making him deputy to new Tory chairman Greg Hands.

L. ee Anderson has been named deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, a promotion for the man who has been Ashfield MP since 2019. The new title is a ...

He criticised Gary Lineker for “virtue signalling” when the football presenter hosted a refugee in his home and said meals could be made from scratch "for about 30 pence a day" — earning the nickname “30p Lee”. “Generation after generation” of people “cannot budget” or make meals properly, he told the Commons, as food prices to their highest level in 30 years. However, when confronted in Westminster in January, Mr Anderson stepped things up. Assuming you have friends.” He also wanted them to be forced to pick potatoes from 6am every morning. On winning the backbencher title, the MP was praised for his “blunt views” on Brexit, travellers and poverty in serving his so-called red wall constituency. you know I’m the candidate, but not a friend, all right?” Katy makes my point really well.” She is single and earns less than 30k, rents a room for £775pcm in central London, has student debt, £120 a month on travelling to work, saves money every month, goes on foreign holidays and does not need to use a food bank. He was joined on the campaign trail by Daily Mail commentator Michael Crick. He has made as many enemies as friends during his relatively short time in politics. He won the

Latest updates: Greg Hands praises deputy chair but declines to defend some of Anderson's controversial past remarks.

Sunak says the UK has continually led in terms of supplying equipment to Ukraine. But in a statement released to journalists this afternoon, he says that the UK has jets that it could send and that they should be deployed now. There has been very close cooperation and engagement between the UK and Ukraine. At his joint press conference with Sunak, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian president, said he heard “the desire to provide fighter jets” from Sunak when they spoke in private. Boris Johnson has issued a statement saying that the UK should send some of its Typhoon fighter jets to Ukraine now. Every time we have stepped up with more military support the Ukrainians have responded and turned the tide of war.

New Conservative chairman Greg Hands dodged questions on Lee Anderson's history of controversial remarks, including suggestions people using foodbanks ...

[Nadhim Zahawi](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/nadhim-zahawi), also admitted the upcoming local elections in May will be "difficult" for the Tories. Mr Hands told GB News: "It's not a secret to say that this year's local elections will be a difficult set of local elections for the party. Pressed on the past remarks, Mr Hands, who was also appointed to the position as party Chairman on Tuesday, said he would not "give a running commentary on things that may have been said in the past". [Angela Rayner](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/angela-rayner) referred to his previous 'Titanic' comments, saying: "Update: He's been handed a deck chair". [Rishi Sunak](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/rishi-sunak) handed Mr Anderson - the MP for Ashfield - the post of [deputy Chairman in a mini-reshuffle on Tuesday.](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-mp-who-said-brits-29156231) [suggested people using foodbanks "cannot cook properly"](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-mp-moans-poor-people-26937597) and "cannot budget".

Labour MP Zarah Sultana wrote on Twitter: "Lee Anderson MP has just been made Deputy Chair of the Conservative Party. He boycotted the England team because they ...

"Thank you to all the people who have supported me over the last 3 years and who continue to support me. Labour MP Zarah Sultana wrote on Twitter: "Lee Anderson MP has just been made Deputy Chair of the Conservative Party. If they ever stop criticising me then that's the time to worry." A week later he's decided to take his place among the deckchairs." The Ashfield MP says he is "extremely grateful" to have been given the job as part of a small reshuffle of the Prime Minister's top team on Tuesday (February 7). But news of Lee Anderson's new role provoked anger from some.