Jesse Norman becomes financial secretary to UK Treasury

May 23 2019

The UK’s Transport Minister Jesse Norman will replace Mel Stride as financial secretary to the Treasury and paymaster general.

Norman, a former Barclay’s banker and philosophy lecturer, has been appointed to the position as part of a mini-reshuffle by Prime Minister Theresa May.

Stride will serve as leader of the House of Commons, replacing Andrea Leadsom, who resigned on May 22.

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Alexander Hartley

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Alexander reports on indirect tax matters, BEPS, and related tax disputes. He is ITR’s main reporter on efforts to tax the digital economy, including digital services taxes and attempts at a multilateral reform of corporation tax.

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