31-969: Philp is a surname, and may refer to: Chris Philp (born 1976), British entrepreneur and Conservative Party politician Douglas Philp (born 1967), Scottish chemist Geoffrey Philp (born 1958), Jamaican poet, novelist and playwright Hugh Philp (1786–1856), Scottish golf club maker James George Philp (1816–1885), English landscape and coastal painter Peter Philp (1920–2006), Welsh dramatist and antiques expert Robert Kemp Philp , (1819-1882), English chartist Robert Philp (1851–1922), Scottish-Australian businessman and Premier of Queensland Robert Philp (missionary) (1913–2008), Church of Scotland missionary in Kenya Tom Philp (1923–1994), Scottish radiologist Willie Philp , Scottish footballer See also [ edit ] Philip (name) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
62-430: A UKIP candidate for Orpington in the 2017 general election . In June 2024, it was announced that Philp's wife, Elizabeth, is being sued over allegations of corporate espionage. She was accused of illegally using confidential information from her former employer to set up a rival business. When questioned about the case in a local hustings, Philp acknowledged the ongoing case, but refused to confirm or deny whether he
93-666: A Better Britain , was published in conjunction with the Bow Group and was co-authored by 10 Conservative MPs, or recent candidates in their 30s, and had a foreword written by David Cameron, the then Leader of the Opposition. Philp was also the author of Work for the Dole: A proposal to fix welfare dependency , published by The Taxpayers' Alliance in September 2013. His report called for mandatory participation in community work and training in return for
124-541: A decreased majority of 11,406. Following the general election, Philp was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to HM Treasury Ministers. Philp was made PPS to Sajid Javid then Secretary of State for the Ministry Housing, Communities and Local Government on 22 January 2018. Between December 2018 to May 2019 he was the Conservative Party Vice Chairman for Policy. In August 2019, he
155-413: A local residents association. The proposed building was in a residential area dominated by large single-family housing. Philp argued, "New homes are needed but the right place for new flats is Croydon town centre, central London and brownfield sites." However, commentators noted that the lot in question was a brownfield site. On an episode of Question Time , broadcast on 25 April 2024, Philp discussed
186-731: A result of his handling of the Taliban offensive in August 2021. On the day of the reshuffle, Raab met with the Prime Minister for a considerable length of time, having initially refused to leave the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office . The Financial Times reported that Raab was "throwing his toys out of [the] pram". Sources are alleged to have told Sky News that Raab was "very angry" at Johnson's decision to move him. Eventually, Raab accepted his new position as Secretary of State for Justice and
217-435: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Chris Philp Christopher Ian Brian Mynott Philp (born 6 July 1976) is a British politician who has served as Shadow Home Secretary since November 2024. He held the post of Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire from October 2022 to July 2024. He was previously appointed to Liz Truss 's cabinet from September to October 2022 as Chief Secretary to
248-954: The Ministry of Justice and in February 2020 at the Home Office . He was also briefly the Minister for London from December 2019 to February 2020. He was moved to the position of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy by Johnson in the September 2021 reshuffle . He resigned from this post during the July 2022 government crisis . After Johnson resigned in July 2022, Philp supported Liz Truss ’s bid to become Conservative leader. Following Truss's appointment as Prime Minister, she promoted Philp to
279-407: The surname Philp . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philp&oldid=1081331695 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
310-501: The Booker Group in a £375 million deal. In 2003 Philp received London's Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year award from Ernst & Young and The Times . With fellow future Conservative Party MP Sam Gyimah , he founded Clearstone Training and Recruitment Limited, an HGV training provider. Philp also founded property development lender Pluto Finance and Moreof Silverstone. He founded
341-613: The Government's Starter Homes Initiative, Philp was accused by housing charities of failing to understand how a couple buying a house for the first time cannot afford a £10,000 deposit. Responding to criticism, he stated "No one says it is easy, the average age of a first time buyer these days is about 30 so people have 10 years to save £5,000." Philp was opposed to Brexit before the 2016 European membership referendum . Philp has been an outspoken critic of Govia Thameslink Railway 's ownership of Southern Rail ; in 2017, Philp called for
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#1733106295487372-728: The Treasury and then as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General . A member of the Conservative Party , he is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon South following his election in 2015. In August 2019, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid . In September 2019, he was appointed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for
403-497: The Treasury after 38 days in their positions. Philp was demoted to Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, the two positions that his successor Edward Argar had previously held. Upon the appointment of Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister on 25 October 2022, Philp left the Cabinet and became Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire in the Home Office , in a straight job swap with Jeremy Quin . He held this post until
434-493: The back of the new UK Growth Plan." However, the pound's strength was short-lived, and it subsequently fell to a 37-year low against the dollar. This led to widespread ridicule of Philp's tweet, with many people accusing him of being incompetent or deliberately misleading. In the face of the criticism, Philp deleted the tweet and later made a statement saying "It was an interesting move which I responded to". On 14 October, Truss dismissed Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and Philp from
465-503: The cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in September 2022. In October 2022, when Kwasi Kwarteng was dismissed as Chancellor as a result of his " mini-budget ", Philp was demoted to Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General . After Rishi Sunak succeeded Truss as Prime Minister, Philp became Minister of State at the Home Office until the end of the Conservative government in July 2024. In Opposition, Philp held
496-677: The charity The Next Big Thing, which was solvently wound up in 2017. Philp was Chairman of the Bow Group , a Conservative Party think tank, from 2004 to 2005. He defeated the Labour Leader of Camden Council to become a councillor in the Gospel Oak ward of Camden in May 2006 with a swing of over 10%, the first Conservative to win the ward in over 20 years. He did not stand at the 2010 local elections . Philp's book, Conservative Revival: Blueprint for
527-454: The continued payment of benefits payments. At the 2010 general election , Philp stood in Hampstead and Kilburn , coming second with 32.7% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour MP Glenda Jackson . In November 2013, Philp was selected to be the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Croydon South . At the 2015 general election , Philp was elected as MP for Croydon South with 54.5% of
558-468: The defeat of the Conservative party in the 2024 general election . In September 2023, it was revealed that Philp is a member of a social media group in which criminal acts, damage and vandalism to public property are celebrated on a near-daily basis, especially vandalism of ULEZ cameras. In 2024, Philp opposed the construction of a large block of flats on the plot of one family home in Purley , siding with
589-513: The government to take control of the Southern Rail franchise and for cross-party support in ending disputes between Southern Rail and the RMT Union . He also proposed a Private Member's Bill to ban "unreasonable" and "damaging" strikes on essential services, including trains. At the snap 2017 general election , Philp was re-elected as MP for Croydon South with a decreased vote share of 54.4% and
620-613: The government's new policy on sending migrants to Rwanda. When questioned by an audience member, Philp appeared to confuse Rwanda with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and seemed unsure as to whether they were separate countries. Philp later said that the question was rhetorical as he had had difficulty hearing the original question. Following the Conservative Party's defeat in the 2024 United Kingdom general election and
651-728: The role Shadow Leader of the House of Commons in the Sunak caretaker Shadow Cabinet before becoming Shadow Home Secretary in November 2024 following the election of Kemi Badenoch as leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition . Christopher Philp was born in West Wickham , London , and attended St Olave's Grammar School in Orpington , Bromley , before studying physics at University College, Oxford , graduating in 1997. In 1996 he
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#1733106295487682-620: The subsequent formation of the Starmer ministry , Philp was appointed Shadow Leader of the House of Commons in Rishi Sunak's caretaker Shadow Cabinet . On 5 November, newly appointed Leader of the Opposition , Kemi Badenoch , appointed Philp as Shadow Home Secretary . Philp married his wife Elizabeth in 2009. Their twin son and daughter were born prematurely in April 2013, and spent an extended period in intensive care. Philp's father Brian stood as
713-522: The vote and a majority of 17,140. Shortly after being elected to Parliament, Philp became the first of the 2015 Conservative intake to be elected by other MPs to the influential Treasury Select Committee . Philp supports selective grammar schools . In October 2015, he argued for one to open a satellite in his constituency to circumvent a ban in England on new selective schools and the borough council's own non-selective policy. In May 2016, when debating
744-834: Was a stakeholder in the business. Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Mel Stride Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp 2021 British cabinet reshuffle Boris Johnson carried out the second significant reshuffle of his majority government from 15 September to 18 September 2021, having last done so in February 2020 . There had been growing speculation that Dominic Raab would be demoted from his position as Foreign Secretary , as
775-411: Was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts . He replaced Matt Warman as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital in September 2021. On 7 July 2022, Philp resigned from government in protest at Boris Johnson 's leadership following a large number of other ministerial resignations during the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis . Philp
806-468: Was appointed as PPS to Sajid Javid, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Philp had backed Javid in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election . In September 2019, Philp was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Ministry of Justice . Philp was again re-elected at the 2019 general election , with a decreased vote share of 52.2% and an increased majority of 12,339. After the election, Philp
837-518: Was appointed by Liz Truss as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom . Shortly after Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced the government's 'mini-budget' on 23 September, Chris Philp as his Treasury deputy, posted a tweet that prematurely celebrated the rise in the pound against the dollar, which read: "Great to see sterling strengthening on
868-525: Was dubbed by some as the new "Secretary of State for Culture Wars ", with concerns raised about her extreme views on cultural issues. Following her appointment, the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union called on the new minister to "focus more on supporting our cultural industries and less on stoking divisive culture wars". After Robert Buckland was dismissed as Secretary of State for Justice and replaced by Dominic Raab , there
899-613: Was editor of the Oxford University student newspaper, Cherwell . In 1996, while a second-year student at Oxford, Philp was fined and suspended by the Oxford Union for recording a controversial speech by OJ Simpson and selling copies to newspapers. Philp worked for McKinsey & Company before co-founding distribution business Blueheath Holdings, in 2000. It was floated on the AIM before merging with Booker Cash & Carry as part of
930-481: Was given the additional role of Deputy Prime Minister , making him the first minister to hold the office since Nick Clegg during the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition (2010–2015). The appointment of Nadine Dorries as Culture Secretary was heavily criticised in the arts and culture sectors. Her promotion to the Cabinet was questioned due to her right-wing views and inexperience. Dorries
961-551: Was some criticism from Sir Bob Neill , chairman of the Justice Select Committee . Neill told Sky News that removing Buckland from his position was "unjust, outrageous" and that he had been "shabbily treated" by Johnson. Derek Sweeting , chairman of the Bar Council , appeared to criticise the turnover of justice secretaries, stating: "As we welcome the eighth justice secretary in the last 10 years to play this vital role,