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Peter Bruce Lilley, Baron Lilley, PC (born 23 August 1943) is a British Conservative politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1983 to 2017 representing the constituency of Hitchin and Harpenden from 1997 and, prior to boundary changes, St Albans. He was a Cabinet minister in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, serving as Trade and Industry Secretary from July 1990 to April 1992, and as Social Security Secretary from April 1992 to May 1997, when he introduced Incapacity Benefit.
On 26 April 2017, he announced his retirement as an MP. He has been a long term critic of the European Union and backed Brexit in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.
Here’s How 53 – Conservative Peter Lilley MP on Brexit
Peter Lilley is the Conservative party MP for Hitchin and Harpenden, and the former Secretary of State for Social Security, and the former President of the Board of Trade. I mentioned George Eustace’s speech at the Farmers Club, where he talked about restoring powers over farming to Westminster, no…
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Peter Lilley on serving with Margaret Thatcher and how he nearly brought down the Major government.
Lord Peter Lilley became a Member of Parliament in 1983, following a long and successful career in business. Rapidly ascending up the Parliamentary ladder, he got into the Cabinet in July of 1990. He served Margaret Thatcher during her darkest days and had a front-row seat in watching the replaceme…
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In 2019, Theresa May positioned the UK as a global climate leader by enshrining a legally binding Net Zero target by 2050. Fast forward seven years, and the political landscape on the British Right has transformed dramatically. With Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch proposing to repeal Net Zero tar…
Why Can't Britain Fix Its Pensions? | IEA Podcast
In this Institute of Economic Affairs podcast, IEA Director General Lord Hannan is joined by Kristian Niemietz, Editorial Director and Head of Political Economy, and Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics.
This week, the proposal to replace the state pension with a system of compulsory p…
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