Steve Webb named pensions minister

Jonathan Stapleton
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Liberal Democrat MP Steve Webb has been appointed as pensions minister to serve under Iain Duncan Smith at the DWP.

Webb (pictured) - who was first elected in 1997 - was formerly Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokesman, and is one of the most experienced politicians in this area. He confirmed his appointment on Twitter yesterday evening. Webb was a senior spokesman for social security, a brief which then included pension issues, from 1997 to 2001 before become frontbench spokesman for social security and welfare in 1999. In June 2001 he became Liberal Democrat spokesman on work and pensions - a position he held until May 2005, when he became a health spokesman for the party. Following sp...

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