David Laws

David Laws

David Anthony Laws (born 30 November 1965) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yeovil from 2001 to 2015. A member of the Liberal Democrats, in his third parliament he served at the outset as a Cabinet Minister, in 2010, as Chief Secretary to the Treasury; as well as later concurrently as Minister of State for Schools and Minister Assisting the Deputy Prime Minister – an office where he worked cross-departmentally on implementing the coalition agreement in policies - from 2012 to 2015. After a career in investment banking, Laws became an economic adviser and later Director of Policy and Research for his party. In 2001, he was elected as MP for Yeovil, succeeding former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. David Laws is the 20,179th most popular politician, the 8,654th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 790th most popular British Politician.

David Laws is a British politician known for serving as the Member of Parliament for Yeovil from 2001 to 2015 and as a prominent figure in the Liberal Democrats. He is also recognized for his role as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the coalition government from 2010 to 2012.