Christopher Ian Brian Mynott Philp was born on 6 July 1976 and is a British politician serving as Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire, a junior ministerial role, since October 2022.
28 Facts About Chris Philp
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Chris Philp previously served in Liz Truss's cabinet from September to October 2022 as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and then as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General.
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Chris Philp was briefly the Minister for London from December 2019 to February 2020.
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Chris Philp was moved to the position of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy by Johnson in the September 2021 reshuffle.
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Chris Philp resigned from this post during the July 2022 government crisis.
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In October 2022, when Kwasi Kwarteng was dismissed as Chancellor as a result of his "mini-budget", Chris Philp was demoted to Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General.
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Chris Philp founded property development lender Pluto Finance and Moreof Silverstone, which are registered in Jersey.
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Chris Philp founded the charity 'The Next Big Thing' which was dissolved due to insolvency.
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Chris Philp was Chairman of the Bow Group, a Conservative Party think tank, from 2004 to 2005.
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Chris Philp did not stand at the 2010 local elections.
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At the 2010 general election, Chris Philp was the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn, losing by 42 votes to Labour's sitting MP Glenda Jackson, but increasing the Conservative vote share by nearly 10 percentage points compared to the previous election.
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Chris Philp was the author of "Work for the Dole: A proposal to fix welfare dependency", published by The Taxpayers' Alliance in September 2013.
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Chris Philp's report called for mandatory participation in community work and training in return for the continued payment of benefits payments.
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In November 2013, Chris Philp was selected to be the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Croydon South.
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On 7 May 2015, Chris Philp was elected as the Member of Parliament for Croydon South, with a majority of over 17,000, the highest achieved in the constituency for over 20 years.
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Shortly after being elected to Parliament, Chris Philp became the first of the 2015 Conservative intake to be elected by other MPs to the influential Treasury Select Committee.
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Chris Philp wrote "Restoring Responsible Ownership", a report on corporate rules which recommended greater shareholder control over company directors' appointments and pay.
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Chris Philp's proposals received positive coverage for mounting "pressure" and arguing that "asset managers had to do much more to engage with companies, in particular to exert some degree of control over executive pay".
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Chris Philp was opposed to Brexit before the 2016 European membership referendum.
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Chris Philp has been an outspoken critic of Govia Thameslink Railway's ownership of Southern Rail; in 2017, Chris Philp called for 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.
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Chris Philp proposed a Private Member's Bill to ban "unreasonable" and "damaging" strikes on essential services, including trains.
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Chris Philp was made PPS to Sajid Javid then Secretary of State for the Ministry Housing, Communities and Local Government on 22 January 2018.
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Chris Philp had backed Javid in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election.
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Chris Philp then served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts.
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Chris Philp replaced Matt Warman as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital in September 2021.
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On 7 July 2022, Chris 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.
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Chris Philp was appointed by Liz Truss as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.
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Chris Philp was instead demoted to Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, the two positions that Edward Argar had previously held.