Durham MP Roberta Blackman-Woods is the new Labour shadow
housing minister, the party has announced. The Durham MP, who comes from
Northern Ireland, has been in Parliament since 2005 after being selected as candidate
on an all-women list. She is a sociologist with an interest in housing, and her
CV includes being welfare rights officer at Newcastle City Council, a job she
had before she became a university lecturer. Her last role in Parliament was as
shadow planning minister. Ms Blackman-Woods will now be responsible for both
housing and planning. Labour previously split these two positions up. Read more
on the propertyindustryeye website.
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