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BOSS Today #60

If your business has a
new MP, why not invite them
to visit you during
the summer recess?

an MP in 2010 for Leeds West (now Leeds What we do know are some of the
West & Pudsey). In 2023, she coined the demographics and just how diverse this
term ‘securonomics’ to describe Labour’s Parliament is. It has:
joint economic and foreign policy,
inspired by the Biden administration, n 263 female MPs, an increase of on
which seeks to make the UK more the last Parliament from 220.
resilient to global economic shocks. Jeremy Hunt MP n 89 MPs from ethnic minorities - an
Shadow Chancellor increase of 23 on the last Parliament.
A straight swap for the top Treasury role,
Jeremy Hunt had been Chancellor since Over the coming weeks, more statistics
2022, before narrowly retaining his seat will emerge on the new intake. It is
in July. He will be a safe pair of hands thought likely that the proportion of
to shadow Rachel Reeves (for the time MPs identifying as LGBTQIA+ will have
Jonathan Reynolds MP being, at least). increased, along with the number of MPs
Secretary of State for Business & Trade who have been educated in state schools.
Replacing Tory leadership hopeful Kemi
Badenoch as Business Secretary, Jonathan Summer Recess
‘Johnny’ Reynolds has been the MP for If your business has a new MP, why
Stalybridge and Hyde since 2010. He will not invite them to visit you during the
also know his brief well, having been on summer recess? The House of Commons
the business portfolio since 2021, and Kevin Hollinrake MP normally rises for the recess in the third
has some experience of the Work and Shadow Secretary of State for week of July, but this year it is likely to sit
Pensions and Treasury areas, too. Prior Business & Trade until the end of July to get some things
to his election he was an MP’s assistant In the Sunak Government he was a done. This means that August will still
and then solicitor, and has also served as Minister of State in the Department for be free for constituency work, so it is an
a councillor. Business & Trade, looking after the small ideal time to get to know them. Contact
business portfolio. He kept his Yorkshire Carys on the email address below to get
We will be writing to the Chancellor seat comfortably, with a majority of the ball rolling.
and the Business Secretary in the around 8.000.
coming days.
Who’s Who on the Backbenches?
Who’s Who in the Shadow Cabinet? There were 335 new MPs entering
With a number of Cabinet ministers Parliament when it re-opened for
losing their seats, Rishi Sunak has had to business on Tuesday 9 July, accounting
make some big changes when picking his for more than half of the total number of
Shadow Cabinet. However, expect it to be MPs (650). While we cannot confirm yet
interim until a new leader is elected, who whether any have backgrounds relevant
will want to put their own stamp on their to our industry, there is no doubt that Get in touch with BOSS’s Public
team, especially if that leader is from the a number will have experience of small Affairs Adviser, Carys Davis, at
right of the party. businesses and manufacturing. carys@bossfederation.co.uk

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