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Prime Minister
  
David Cameron

Prime Minister
  
David Cameron

Preceded by
  
Francis Maude

Name
  
Matthew Hancock


Prime Minister
  
David Cameron

Role
  
British Politician

Preceded by
  
Michael Fallon

Party
  
Conservative Party

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Succeeded by
  
Anna Soubry (Small Business)

Education
  
Exeter College, Oxford, West Cheshire College

Books
  
Masters of Nothing: How the Crash Will Happen Again Unless We Understand Human Nature

Profiles

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Matthew John David "Matt" Hancock (born 2 October 1978) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for West Suffolk since 2010. On 15 July 2016 Hancock was appointed as Minister of State for Digital and Culture in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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Hancock was the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, also attending Cabinet meetings. He previously served as jointly Minister of State for Business and Enterprise and Minister of State for Energy in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government.

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Early life

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Hancock was educated at Farndon County Primary School, in Farndon, Cheshire; the King's School, an independent school in Chester in Cheshire; and West Cheshire College, a further education college. He gained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Exeter College, University of Oxford, and a MPhil in Economics from Christ's College, Cambridge. Hancock has been a member of the Conservative Party since 1999.

Career

After university, Hancock briefly worked for his family’s computer software company, before moving to London to work as an economist at the Bank of England, specialising in the housing market. In 2005 he became an economic adviser to the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, later becoming Osborne's chief of staff.

He stepped down from his role with the party in February 2010 after being selected for the final six potential candidates for the West Suffolk constituency in the 2010 general election. Hancock narrowly won the selection contest, which took place in Mildenhall, after four rounds of voting, beating Natalie Elphicke by 88 votes to 81 votes in the final round of voting.

Parliament

Hancock won the West Suffolk seat with 24,312 votes, 13,050 votes ahead of Liberal Democrat candidate, Belinda Brooks-Gordon. In June, Hancock was elected to the Public Accounts Committee, the select committee responsible for overseeing government expenditures to ensure they are effective and honest.

The frequency of his appearances in the House and contributions to debates are well above average and he has voted for tuition fees, encouraging occupational pensions and raising VAT. On 26 November 2011 he was on the panel for BBC Radio 4's Any Questions.

In January 2013, he was accused of dishonesty by Daybreak presenter Matt Barbet after claiming he had been excluded from a discussion about apprentices after turning up "just 30 seconds late." Barbet said Hancock knew he was "much more than a minute late" and he should have arrived half an hour beforehand to prepare for the interview. His opponent expressed surprise that "a minister whose Government berates 'shirkers' couldn't be bothered to get out of bed to defend his own policy."

In March 2013, Hancock initiated and assisted the development of the Conservative government's minimum wage policy. Against internal and external party opposition, Hancock highlighted that most economic analyses demonstrate that raising the minimum wage had "no discernible effect on the employment prospects of low-wage workers". The subsequent rises in employment indicate that Hancock was vindicated on this matter.

In October 2013, he was promoted to Minister of State for Skills & Enterprise in a government reshuffle.

In the July 2014 cabinet reshuffle, he was promoted again, this time to Minister of State for Business and Enterprise, Minister of State for Energy, and Minister of State for Portsmouth. On 27 July he announced protection for National Parks — seen as a method of reducing anger in Conservative constituencies ahead of the election. Interviewed on the Today programme, he rejected the suggestion that fracking was highly unpopular but when challenged was unable to name a single village which supported it.

He has attracted controversy in his role as Minister of State for Energy for hiring a private jet to fly back from a climate conference and accepting money from climate change denial organization Global Warming Policy Foundation. In October 2014, he apologized after retweeting a poem suggesting that the Labour Party was "full of queers," describing his actions as a "total accident".

Hancock became Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General on 11 May 2015. He headed David Cameron’s "earn or learn" taskforce which aimed to have every young person earning or learning from April 2017. He announced that jobless 18- to 21-year-olds would be required to do work experience as well as looking for jobs or face losing their benefits.

On 15 July 2016 Hancock moved to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as the Minister of State for Digital and Culture as the government of Theresa May replaced that of David Cameron. As minister for digital policy, Hancock has recently lead the way in recommitting to a "full fibre" digital policy. This promises that the UK will enjoy 5G "superfast broadband" at speeds of 24Mbps+ for 97% of the UK by 2020.

Personal life

Hancock lives in the constituency in Little Thurlow with his wife, daughter, and two sons. A fan of horse racing, Hancock took part in the Newmarket Town Plate in 2016, finishing second.

References

Matthew Hancock Wikipedia