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Wave of Conservative MP Resignations To be fair, we knew this would be an issue for the Conservatives even before the election was announced. Prior to the election announcement, 66 Conservative MPs had already declared that they would stand down at the next election. Considering that the Conservatives held 344 seats before the election, this means roughly 20% of Conservative MPs are resigning at this election. Since the election was called, we have seen even more MPs announce their resignations. As of 9:00 AM on May 29th, the number has risen to 77. This group of 77 includes some very high-profile figures such as Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee; Chris Grayling, former Transport Secretary; George Eustice, former Environment Secretary; Michael Gove, Levelling Up Secretary and former Education Secretary; Matt Hancock, former Health Secretary; Sajid Javid, former Chancellor; and even Theresa May, former Prime Minister. In fact, of the 77 stepping down, 22 are either current or former Secretaries of State. Comparison of Resignation Numbers in Elections Indeed, the number of MPs resigning in this election is high. In 2019, only 32 Conservative MPs resigned, and in 2017, this number was just 12. However, this is not the highest number of resignations seen by an incumbent party during an election. Even back in 2010, 100 Labour MPs stepped down, although it's worth noting that MPs were embroiled in the expenses scandal at that time. The Conservatives' Challenge in Selecting Candidates With the election day approaching, the Conservatives now need to find candidates to replace these outgoing MPs. This is no small task. According to The Spectator, Labour is far ahead of the Conservatives in finalising their candidates. The deadline for this is Friday, June 7th, and as of Monday, the Conservatives still had 160 vacancies to fill. While this sounds like a daunting task, there are some signs that they might be able to meet this target. The Spectator points out that many of the remaining constituencies are unwinnable, with many of them located in Labour strongholds in inner London. As a result, few candidates typically apply for these seats. These seats should be relatively easy for the party to find candidates for and should not take them too long. However, the more challenging task lies in a handful of more attractive seats, those that appear more winnable, which have become available following the recent resignations of Tory MPs. Examples of such seats include Jo Churchill's Bury St Edmunds seat, Andrea Leadsom's South Northamptonshire seat, and Michael Gove's Surrey Heath seat. These constituencies have majorities of 24,999 votes, 27,761 votes, and 18,349 votes, respectively. The Conservatives will want to select their candidates much more carefully here as whoever they select stands a much greater chance of winning. Conclusion All in all, this is going to be a tricky task for the Conservatives, and whether they succeed is anyone's guess at this point. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yangfx/support
In a first for our podcasts, we delve into the world of government and parliament. RCPCH President Camilla Kingdon speaks with Dame Andrea Leadsom MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire about her experiences of advocating for infant and child health. Dame Andrea wants every baby to have the best start in life - a message shared by the College. She chaired the Government's Early Years Healthy Development Review and its March 2021 report, The best start for life, a vision for the 1001 critical days, outlines areas for action to improve the health outcomes of all babies in England, including new Family Hubs. She now chairs the Start for Life Unit, a team of civil servants tasked with implementing the review's recommendations. Dame Andrea talks with Camilla about her experiences of championing infant and child health in Parliament, and why she's so passionate and focused on this early period of life. Camilla asks how paediatricians can use their voice to support policy change, particularly where there are competing priorities, and how to consider poverty's impact on child health outcomes. Ensuring decision-makers introduce the best public policy for children and young people is an important part of our work at RCPCH. We engage regularly with Ministers, senior civil servants, MPs, Lords and advisers on a wide range of matters. On some occasions, like this one, that will mean engaging with individuals from specific political parties. However, we never endorse political parties or movements, and work with representatives of all parties equally and that remains the case with this podcast. We are grateful to Dame Andrea for sharing her views as someone with a central role in government policymaking on early years. Do keep an eye out on our podcasts for future conversations with policymakers from across the political spectrum. Links from the podcast Family Hubs and Start for Life programme (GOV.UK) The best start for life: a vision for the 1,001 critical days (GOV.UK) Rt Hon. Dame Andrea Leadsom website RCPCH work in public affairs RCPCH toolkit on child health inequalities RCPCH position statement on breastfeeding
Today I'm joined by Clare Nash who describes herself as an "Architect creating dream eco-homes, barn conversions plus environmental and community focused housing schemes" Today we are talking about how to find a work/life balance. Design Your Life Book - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Clare-Nash/Design-your-life--An-architects-guide-to-achieving-a-worklife-balance/26380240Bursting with tips, ideas and how-tos on all aspects of designing a working life that suits you and your business, this book explains in clear and accessible language how to avoid the common pitfalls of long hours and low pay. It explores how to juggle work with family commitments, how to set your own career path and design priorities, and how to instil a flexible working culture within a busy lifestyle.About Clare Nash Architecture:Clare Nash Architecture Ltd is a 5 person architecture practice based in Brackley in rural South Northamptonshire on the Oxfordshire border. Specialising in energy efficient rural design and project management, particularly eco-refurbishment and new build, CNA's design focus takes inspiration from the vernacular.Focusing on people, site, climate, location, context, sustainable and beautiful materials to produce buildings that sit well in their surroundings and suit the people who reside in them. This means CNA is involved from the initial concept design, through to planning and building control and continuing right through to working with builders to final completion. CNA's level of involvement is tailor made to each project depending upon an individual client's requirement whilst always ensuring close collaboration with each client in every project.They are a small team and operate a flexible working model which means they do not work from an office but do have regular design meetings. This a superb business model for both financial and time efficiency reasons. Working remotely also gives us a degree of flexibility as our different working locations keep us inspired and feeling fresh to approach projects with renewed focus and lots of ideas.Podcast Episode Links:Clare Nash Architecture - https://clarenasharchitecture.co.uk/The E Myth - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Michael-E-Gerber/The-E-Myth-Revisited--Why-Most-Small-Businesses-Dont-Work/2674004The Artists Way - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Julia-Cameron/The-Artists-Way--A-Course-in-Discovering-and-Recovering-Your-Creative-Self/19465022A Little Bit of ChillFun, light-hearted Podcast full of self-help and suggestions to help you find your chillListen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify How to Live Your Best Life Now! Listen to the Good Life Project Podcast.Insights, ideas & stories from leading voices and experts that help you live a good life. Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show
Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce: The Global Businesswomen’s Pod
Celebrating International Women's Day! This week on the Global Businesswomen's Pod we have our dynamic GHWCC International Panel featuring our UK partners in the spotlight: An engaging and inspiring conversation lead by Jurga Zilinskiene, MBE Guildhawk, Andrea Leadsom, Member of Parliament, South Northamptonshire, Craig Tracey, Member of Parliament, North Warwickshire and Bedworth, and Melody Meyer, President, Melody Meyer Energy, LLC
Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce: The Global Businesswomen’s Pod
Celebrating International Women's Day! This week on the Global Businesswomen's Pod we have our dynamic GHWCC International Panel featuring our UK partners in the spotlight: An engaging and inspiring conversation lead by Jurga Zilinskiene, MBE Guildhawk, Andrea Leadsom, Member of Parliament, South Northamptonshire, Craig Tracey, Member of Parliament, North Warwickshire and Bedworth, and Melody Meyer, President, Melody Meyer Energy, LLC
This is an audio recording of an IfG Live Event The Institute for Government was delighted to welcome the Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP, former Leader of the House of Commons, for an in conversation event to discuss the following:How has parliament adapted to the pandemic and does it have the requirement to embrace technology accelerated reform?Is it time to reform the House of Commons Commission, which is responsible for the administration and services of the House of Commons, 40 years after it was first established?Where next for the ongoing debate over restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster?The event was chaired by Dr Catherine Haddon, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government.The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP enjoyed a 25-year career in finance where she founded and chaired a number of parent infant charities. She has been the Conservative member of parliament for South Northamptonshire since 2010 and served as City Minister (2014–15) and Energy Minister (2015–16) before becoming Secretary of State for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs from 2016–17. Andrea became the leader of the House of Commons in June 2017, serving until 2019. She served as secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy from 2019–20. She is currently the government's early years adviser and is chairing the Early Years Healthy Development Review which will report in early 2021.#IfGLeadsom See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
LBC Newshour | The PM says 'we must act' to prevent a second lockdown: Are we at the tipping point and what do the new rules mean for you? | Early Years phone-in with Andrea Leadsom - Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire & former Cabinet Minister who is leading a review into improving the health outcomes of babies and young children.
It’s our first episode of the year, and we’ve got a great show lined up for you. We talk about the North / South divide in the charity sector. Oxfam gets some stick because of an expensive jacket, and facial recognition is still the absolute worst. Host Rebecca Rae-Evans is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton, Sacha Wynne and producer Paul Jakubowski. Our special guest this week is Sarah Miguel, Head of Business Development at People’s History Museum. Sarah leads on marketing, digital, and income generation at the PHM, building relationships with partners and funders to drive change, raise the profile of the museum and build the organisations resilience and sustainability. She leads a fantastic and passionate team, whose work helps the museum tell the stories of ‘ideas worth fighting for’. This week’s topics... Stat of the week: New charity density report from NPC shows a huge imbalance for impoverished areas with places like Blackpool getting 0.6 per 1,000 whilst South Northamptonshire gets 3.2 per 1,000. Charity news of the week: Oxfam called greedy for pricing of designer jacket. Schools to introduce free sanitary products. Tech news of the week: Facial recognition ...yep. But there’s hope Rant of the week: If you restrict access to open-source code, is it still open? Related: People’s History Museum announces plans for 2020 And finally… Newly labelled “longevity economy” taking off at CES Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live And we’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your mates about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting us in a beautiful mirrored studio. Which you can’t see. But it is pretty. We’d also like to thank Happy Porch for their sponsorship which will allow us to have our episodes transcribed, helping us be more inclusive and accessible. You can find out more about our friends Happy Porch at happyporch.com
The Institute for Government was delighted to welcome the Rt Hon. Andrea Leadsom MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire, and the former Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons She spoke about her role as the Leader of the Commons, specifically her reflections on parliamentary reform, including proxy voting, bullying and harassment in Parliament and restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster. The event was chaired by Dr Hannah White, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government. There was an opportunity for audience questions.
The candidates for the Conservative Party leadership will each go head-to-head with LBC’s Iain Dale and the station’s listeners in a series of programmes this month. This episode features Andrea Leadsom, Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire and former Leader of the House of Commons.
Welcome to the Inside Silverstone™ podcast, season two! In episode #28 your host, Chris Broome, interviews Luke Rust, Head of Commercial Development at Immense Simulations. Listen to an insightful discussion on all things mobility; Luke's vision on how technology will enhance all of our lives; and how Immense Simulations are creating the solutions to enable this future. Luke also talks through the companies experiencing of raising capital; as well as what life was like for him growing up in the beautiful countryside that is South Northamptonshire. Links: Immense Simulations Marathon fundraising Latest autonomous vehicle funding Leave a review! Don't forget to check out the Longhurst website for more great content. Would you like to appear on the podcast? Own a business or work in/around the Silverstone business or motor-sport region? Have a story or/and knowledge to share? Get in contact with Chris on insidesilverstone@longhurst.co.uk, or reach out on Twitter @SilverstonePod. ABOUT THE HOST Chris Broome is first and foremost a big tech, motor-sport, and gaming fan. So the opportunity to host a podcast focusing on these topics was too good to turn down. In his day-to-day life Chris is a Chartered Financial Planner and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Insurers. His business, Longhurst, has a niche providing financial advice to clients and businesses who work in the tech, innovation, and engineering sectors. Their head office is located on Silverstone Park, Northamptonshire. 'A business plan without a personal plan is pointless.'
Welcome to the Inside Silverstone™ podcast, season two! In episode #18 your host, Chris Broome, interviews Simon Arkell - Principal EMW Law & STC Board Member. Listen as Simon introduces what differentiates EMW from other law firms; the importance of positive corporate culture; and the journey he took from junior solicitor to principal of one of the regions' top legal teams. Simon also talks all things Silverstone Technology Cluster; life living in South Northamptonshire; and how a train ride home from London didn't quite work out how it was supposed to ..... Links: EMW Leave a review! Don't forget to check out the Longhurst website for more great content. Would you like to appear on the podcast? Own a business or work in/around the Silverstone business or motor-sport region? Have a story or/and knowledge to share? Get in contact with Chris on insidesilverstone@longhurst.co.uk, or reach out on Twitter @SilverstonePod. ABOUT THE HOST Chris Broome is first and foremost a big tech, motor-sport, and gaming fan. So the opportunity to host a podcast focusing on these topics was too good to turn down. In his day-to-day life Chris is a Chartered Financial Planner and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Insurers. His business, Longhurst, has a niche providing financial advice to clients and businesses who work in the tech, innovation, and engineering sectors. Their head office is located on Silverstone Park, Northamptonshire. 'A business plan without a personal plan is pointless.'
Welcome to the Inside Silverstone™ podcast! In a special bonus episode, your host, Chris Broome, joins other business professionals from the STC in visiting Kingsthorpe College in Northamptonshire. Their visit was part of the Gaia Innovation school out-reach project, which sees local students connect with the external business community, and in this instance the technology-based community on Silverstone Park. The 17th January 2019 event saw Chris take part in a speed networking session, where he was grilled in 5 minute intervals by 8-10 students on all things financial planning; his career to date; lessons learned along the way; and even a few cheeky questions about what he earns. Chris recorded everything for the podcast, and even got some post-event interviews with the other business professionals; the college teachers; as well as the Mayor of South Northamptonshire. This recording covers 40 minutes on what Chris actually does as a job (financial planning), and 20 minutes from the other professionals in attendance. Links: NetGen Planners Longhurst Leave a review! Don't forget to check out the Longhurst website for more great content. Would you like to appear on the podcast? Own a business or work in/around the Silverstone business or motor-sport region? Have a story or/and knowledge to share? Get in contact with Chris on insidesilverstone@longhurst.co.uk, or reach out on Twitter @SilverstonePod. ABOUT THE HOST Chris Broome is first and foremost a big tech, motor-sport, and gaming fan. So the opportunity to host a podcast focusing on these topics was too good to turn down. In his day-to-day life Chris is a Chartered Financial Planner and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Insurers. His business, Longhurst, has a niche providing financial advice to clients and businesses who work in the tech, innovation, and engineering sectors. Their head office is located on Silverstone Park, Northamptonshire. 'A business plan without a personal plan is pointless.'
Welcome to the Inside Silverstone™ podcast! In episode #4 your host, Chris Broome, interviews Mike Hayward, Partner, Transport & Regulatory solicitor, at Woodfines LLP. Listen as Mike explains how to ensure your business keeps its commercial vehicles (and drivers) on the road; explains some of the common pit-falls to watch out for when it comes to transport law; and the reasons why Woodfines committed to a membership within the Silverstone Technology Cluster. You will also find out about Mike's career to-date; his passion for supporting the next generation; life living and working in South Northamptonshire; and how a multi-pack of Twix chocolate bars nearly caused a scene in court. Links: Woodfines LLP DVSA lorry update blog MOT reminder app Financial standing check-list Leave a review! Don't forget to check out the Longhurst website for more great content. Would you like to appear on the podcast? Own a business or work in/around the Silverstone business or motor-sport region? Have a story or/and knowledge to share? Get in contact with Chris on insidesilverstone@longhurst.co.uk, or reach out on Twitter @SilverstonePod. ABOUT THE HOST Chris Broome is first and foremost a big tech, motor-sport, and gaming fan. So the opportunity to host a podcast focusing on these topics was too good to turn down. In his day-to-day life Chris is a Chartered Financial Planner and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Insurers. His business, Longhurst, has a niche providing financial advice to clients and businesses who work in the tech, innovation, and engineering sectors. Their head office is located on Silverstone Park, Northamptonshire. 'A business plan without a personal plan is pointless.'
Welcome to the Inside Silverstone™ podcast! In episode #3 your host, Chris Broome, interviews Tristan Allen, Partner & Innovation Consultant at room44.co.uk. Listen as Tristan discusses the future of innovation, how brands are attempting to evolve beyond the next 12 months, and how he helps businesses approach understanding what their end customer actually wants. You will also find out about his career to-date, ranging from confectionery, automotive, and a brief stint as a chicken farmer. We also talk through life working in South Northamptonshire, and how it differs to his life growing up as a surfer on the south coast. Links: room44.co.uk Leave a review! Don't forget to check out the Longhurst website for more great content. Would you like to appear on the podcast? Own a business or work in/around the Silverstone business or motor-sport region? Have a story or/and knowledge to share? Get in contact with Chris on insidesilverstone@longhurst.co.uk, or reach out on Twitter @SilverstonePod. ABOUT THE HOST Chris Broome is first and foremost a big tech, motor-sport, and gaming fan. So the opportunity to host a podcast focusing on these topics was too good to turn down. In his day-to-day life Chris is a Chartered Financial Planner and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Insurers. His business, Longhurst, has a niche providing financial advice to clients and businesses who work in the tech, innovation, and engineering sectors. Their head office is located on Silverstone Park, Northamptonshire. 'A business plan without a personal plan is pointless.'
Andrea Leadsom, MP for South Northamptonshire, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons speaks at CER fringe event at the Conservative party conference: 'How to handle Brexit'
The Institute for Government welcomed the Rt Hon. Andrea Leadsom MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons. At this event, she gave a speech on the legislative landscape and Brexit, and was in conversation with Bronwen Maddox, Director of the Institute for Government. This was followed by a Q&A with the audience.
Andrea Leadsom and Theresa May are vying to be the next Conservative leader and Britain's second ever female prime minister. Mark Coles explores how a little-known junior energy minister was propelled into the limelight by the televised referendum debates and now stands a chance of leading not only her party but also her country. She is a relative newcomer to politics, having been elected to Parliament in 2010 when she won her seat in South Northamptonshire. She cooks an excellent roast dinner and has strong family values. Before becoming an MP she had a long career in the city but this has come under scrutiny this week with some claiming she has exaggerated past roles. We take a closer look at her CV and ask - does it stack up? Presenter: Mark Coles Producers: Laura Gray and Sarah Shebbeare.