14 Facts About Grant Shapps

1. In 1990, aged 22, Grant Shapps founded PrintHouse Corporation, a design, print, website creation and marketing business in London, based on a collapsed printing business he purchased from the receiver.

2. In October 2017, Grant Shapps called for Theresa May's resignation, saying that the party could not "bury its head in the sand" in the wake of the June election.

3. In March 2015, Grant Shapps admitted to having had a second job whilst being an MP and practising business under a pseudonym.

4. In May 2008, Grant Shapps was cited as one of several shadow ministers who had received cash from firms linked to their portfolios.

5. On 28 November 2015, Grant Shapps stood down as minister of state due to allegations of bullying within the Conservative Party.

6. In October 2013, Grant Shapps used a Daily Telegraph interview to say that the BBC could lose the right to all of the licence fee if it did not resolve its "culture of waste and secrecy".

7. In March 2013, Grant Shapps defended the Welfare Reform Act 2012 saying his own children share a bedroom.

8. In November 2012, Grant Shapps hired Australian strategist Lynton Crosby to provide strategic advice and run the 2015 election campaign.

9. In September 2012, Grant Shapps was appointed Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party in Cameron's first major reshuffle.

10. In May 2010, Grant Shapps became housing and local government minister within the Communities and Local Government department and immediately repealed Home Information Pack legislation.

11. In early 2010 Grant Shapps published a series of six speeches in a pamphlet called "Home Truths".

12. In June 2007, Grant Shapps became shadow housing minister, outside the shadow cabinet, but entitled to attend its meetings.

13. On 11 May 2015, Grant Shapps lost both of these positions, and was instead appointed Minister of State at the Department for International Development.

14. On 9 June 2010, Grant Shapps was appointed as a Privy Counsellor.