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Former Board of Deputies chief among new Jewish ministers in Starmer’s government

New MPs Sarah Sackman and Georgia Gould also appointed

July 10, 2024 11:32
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Former Board of Deputies Chief Executive Baroness Gillian Merron is among several new Jewish ministers in Sir Keir Starmer’s government.

Merron, who led the Board between 2014-2021, was made Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety and Life Sciences in the Department of Health and Social Care.

She was appointed to the House of Lords in May 2021 and had served on the Labour frontbench and had previously been the Labour MP for Lincoln between 1997-2010.

Baroness Merron told the JC: “I am delighted to have been appointed by the Prime Minister as a Minister in the Department of Health and Social Care.