Stephen Timms and Alison McGovern appointed ministers of state in the DWP

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Holly Roach
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Stephen Timms and Alison McGovern appointed ministers of state in the DWP

Former pensions minister Stephen Timms has been appointed as minister of state in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), alongside Alison McGovern.

Timms is MP for East Ham and has twice served as pensions minister – the first time between January and July 1999 and the second time between May 2005 and May 2006. He was acting shadow secretar...

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