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746:. Kingswood is located within a zone around London in which MPs cannot claim expenses for a London rental, but it is allowed in her case because she represents Maidstone and the Weald, which is outside the exclusion zone. At that time Grant used a base bordering her constituency, where her mother lives and her son also lived while at school in Maidstone until 2013. IPSA confirmed that Grant was entitled to a second-home allowance on Parliamentary expenses because her constituency was outside London, and her claim was within the rules. However, Labour MP
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515:. Grant's mother was a nurse at a hospital in Newcastle who became pregnant at 21 to a doctor at the hospital. She grew up in a single-parent family after her parents separated and her father emigrated to the United States; Grant did not form a relationship with her father until she was 16. She was raised in
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Grant initially refused to comment on the claim although the
Ministry of Justice stated that the changes to contracts were an attempt to provide a "fairer deal" for taxpayers. IPSA stated that the contract should not have been changed. Grant's husband resigned from his position after it was revealed
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found that the standard employment contract template for the majority of her staff had been amended although her husband, who was also employed by her, remained on an unaltered contract. A member of staff requiring time off for a medical condition discovered their contract had been amended to offer
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with her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. In a 2010 interview, she spoke fondly of her childhood and the house in which she grew up. "I had happy memories in that house and it gave me a good start in life, There was deprivation around, there was certainly need, there was some domestic
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Conservative policy to deal with family breakdown. Grant was one of the authors of the Social Justice Policy Group Report 'State of the Nation – Fractured Families' published in December 2006, and the follow-up solutions report 'Breakthrough Britain' published in July 2007.
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he remained on an unaltered contract, and had known about the discrepancy for two months without informing his wife. It was claimed that this was due to "oversight on his part rather than design" and he had not received any benefits from remaining on the unaltered contract.
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and I would hope you would be sympathetic to someone who has done a considerable public service, by moving from a successful professional service business into public service at significant expense to herself and her family".
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reported that she was according to published records claiming the full £1,666.67/month under MPs expenses – the maximum allowed within the IPSA rules – for a flat in London, when she has a home in
Kingswood, Surrey, near
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581:. She established her practice in 1996 which specialised in family law. She said that as a lawyer she saw a 'huge amount' of domestic violence and that it had a 'huge effect' on her subsequent ministerial role.
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violence and there were some fights. But my memory of the square where we lived is that there was pride in people."
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts and Victims
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1291:"Who won FA Cup? No idea, says sports minister Helen Grant"
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in the House of Commons, due to be held on 23 July 2024.
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1597:"Maidstone MP Helen Grant's husband quits over sick pay"
1453:"Maidstone and Malling - General election results 2024"
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities
1499:"MPs' expenses: Minister Helen Grant defends claim"
1202:"Labour and Tories choose Select Committee members"
1175:"Grant retains Maidstone and Weald seat for Tories"
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1079:"Work/Life: Helen Grant MP, Minister for Victims"
774:Grant was also involved in controversy after the
693:. Helen Grant is the Parliamentary Chair for the
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661:. She is a former judo champion, and told
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484:in 2013, a post she held until after the
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1319:"Helen Grant loses sports portfolio"
1226:Stewart, Louise (5 September 2012).
1118:. Conservative Party. Archived from
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1746:Riley, Shay (20 November 2008).
1712:Parliament of the United Kingdom
1630:Staff writer (5 November 2012).
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2227:List of Conservative Party MPs
1200:Ashmore, John (25 June 2010).
1085:. 3 April 2013. Archived from
1021:"Who's Who 2013: GRANT, Helen"
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884:Whittle, Julian (7 May 2010).
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519:where she lived on the city's
482:Minister for Sport and Tourism
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480:(2012–2013). She also became
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1317:Staff writer (12 May 2015).
532:Richard Rose Central Academy
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1717:Contributions in Parliament
1559:"MP leaps defend colleague"
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799:and in the constituency in
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1748:"Profile of Helen Grant"
633:Justice Select Committee
1432:Manchester Evening News
618:Maidstone and The Weald
427:Maidstone and The Weald
231:Maidstone and The Weald
48:Official portrait, 2024
3087:Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
2159:, but partly in Marden
468:. She first served in
3273:People from Willesden
1698:26 March 2013 at the
717:Maidstone and Malling
706:2023 New Year Honours
685:Grant was opposed to
629:2010 general election
571:articles of clerkship
499:Early life and career
495:on Girls' Education.
486:2015 general election
435:Maidstone and Malling
226:Maidstone and Malling
2093:Farman Goliath crash
1791:Member of Parliament
1737:Record in Parliament
1702:at Conservatives.com
1155:on 13 September 2012
832:www.parliament.co.uk
700:Grant was appointed
676:the general election
612:Parliamentary career
569:Grant undertook her
456:Grant was the first
423:Member of Parliament
221:Member of Parliament
3298:UK MPs 2024–present
807:, Ben travelled to
735:documentary series
641:Ministry of Justice
513:orthopaedic surgeon
3253:English solicitors
3072:South West England
2851:South East England
2567:Neil Shastri-Hurst
2267:North West England
2249:North East England
2209:Conservative Party
2077:Kent Air Ambulance
1412:The London Gazette
1362:on 22 October 2016
858:BBC Democracy Live
652:Women and Equality
551:University of Hull
503:Grant was born in
466:parliamentary seat
443:Conservative Party
441:. A member of the
380:University of Hull
202:Lynne Featherstone
16:British politician
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214:Caroline Dinenage
148:Jonathan Djanogly
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