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William Hague gets job advising one of world’s biggest banks | William Hague gets job advising one of world’s biggest banks |
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The former foreign secretary William Hague has taken a job outside parliament as an adviser to one of the world’s biggest banks in the run-up to Brexit. | The former foreign secretary William Hague has taken a job outside parliament as an adviser to one of the world’s biggest banks in the run-up to Brexit. |
Lord Hague, who did not stand as an MP at the last election, has joined Citigroup, according to the advisory committee on business appointments. It is the fifth job that he has declared. | Lord Hague, who did not stand as an MP at the last election, has joined Citigroup, according to the advisory committee on business appointments. It is the fifth job that he has declared. |
Hague has previously been criticised for taking a job at Teneo, the lobbying firm whose clients include McDonald’s, Tesco, Coca-Cola and Nissan, the Japanese car manufacturer. | Hague has previously been criticised for taking a job at Teneo, the lobbying firm whose clients include McDonald’s, Tesco, Coca-Cola and Nissan, the Japanese car manufacturer. |
He is paid to help Teneo’s “Brexit client transition unit”, one of many dedicated teams hastily set up by lobbying firms to help their corporate clients post-Brexit. | He is paid to help Teneo’s “Brexit client transition unit”, one of many dedicated teams hastily set up by lobbying firms to help their corporate clients post-Brexit. |
He has also accepted a part-time, paid appointment as non-executive director at the Intercontinental Exchange, the chair at Royal United Services Institute and the chair at the international advisory group to the law firm Linklaters. | He has also accepted a part-time, paid appointment as non-executive director at the Intercontinental Exchange, the chair at Royal United Services Institute and the chair at the international advisory group to the law firm Linklaters. |
Citibank last year hired Mervyn King, the former Bank of England governor, as an adviser and donated to a campaign to remain in the EU. | Citibank last year hired Mervyn King, the former Bank of England governor, as an adviser and donated to a campaign to remain in the EU. |
In a further announcement, George Osborne’s former chief of staff has taken a “policy and communications” job at the takeaway app company Deliveroo as it steps up efforts to combat criticisms over its treatment of staff. Thea Rogers was a key aide to the former chancellor during his time in No 11 and was reported to be responsible for Osborne’s 2014 makeover. | |
MPs are preparing to investigate pay and working conditions in the informal gig economy. Deliveroo has been criticised after telling its couriers they could not go to court to try to be recognised as staff members. It also became embroiled in a row over pay with its couriers. | MPs are preparing to investigate pay and working conditions in the informal gig economy. Deliveroo has been criticised after telling its couriers they could not go to court to try to be recognised as staff members. It also became embroiled in a row over pay with its couriers. |
A former BBC producer, Rogers was credited with advising her then boss on his Caesar-style haircut and for placing him on the 5:2 diet. In 2015, she received the biggest pay rise among the political special advisers across government. The 42% rise put Rogers on a salary of £98,000. | |
Rogers will take up “a full-time, paid role working on communication and policy for Deliveroo” but she denies reports that it is a lobbying job. She is banned from becoming personally involved in lobbying the UK government for two years after leaving office. | |
Deliveroo has turned to the lobbying firm Teneo Blue Rubicon, a division of Teneo, for help, according to Public Affairs News. The company recently hired David Cameron’s former communications chief Craig Oliver as a senior managing director. | |
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