MP takes on new role
HASLINGDEN’S MP has been promoted to the unpaid bottom rung of the government ladder.
Sara Britcliffe, elected in December 2019 in place of Labour’s
Graham Jones, has become a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) in the Department for Education.
Aged 25 she is the youngest Conservative MP and ran a bakery in Oswaldtwistle between graduating with a languages degree and going to Westminster.
Her new role will see her supporting Education Secretary Gavin Williamson and his ministerial team in the House of Commons chamber and acting as their ‘eyes and ears’ among colleagues at Westminster.
Ms Britcliffe, who remains a borough councillor in Hyndburn, said: “I am honoured and delighted to have been made a PPS in the Department for Education. It means I will be working on issues I feel very strongly about and ensuring the views of colleagues across the north are fed back to ministers.
“Ensuring a great education for children is a really important part of the ‘levelling up’ agenda and something I fell incredibly strongly about.
“I am looking forward to bringing my experience of talking to teachers, heads and parents in Hyndburn and Haslingden to the department and feeding back concerns, thoughts and questions from colleagues.”