Stephen Timms named as WPC chairman

James Phillips
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Former pensions minister Stephen Timms has been elected chairman of the influential Work and Pensions Committee (WPC).

The Labour MP for East Ham was confirmed yesterday evening (29 January), having beaten colleagues Debbie Abrahams, Chris Bryant, and Karen Buck in the poll of MPs. Timms has twice been pensions ...

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