Who is new 'pensions and financial inclusion' minister Guy Opperman?

MP since 2010

Tom Ellis
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Guy Opperman has been confirmed as the parliamentary under-secretary for pensions and financial inclusion following former pensions minister Richard Harrington's move to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Opperman, who becomes the fourth person to hold the role in as many years, has been member of parliament for Hexham, Northumberland, since the 2010 General Election. He was made parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on Wednesday. He had been appointed parliamentary private secretary to the immigration minister in September 2012 and then promoted to assistant whip. He became a government whip and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in July 2016. MP data website theyworkforyou.com showed Opperman has consistently voted for encouraging occupat...

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