Jo Johnson
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Married to investigative journalist Amelia Gentleman, who thus is Boris’s sister-in-law.
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- Nov.10.2018: Brexit: Jo Johnson’s exit exposes Theresa May’s weakness. Jo Johnson’s decision to resign to campaign for a second referendum highlights a much more serious problem for Theresa May than just the loss of another minister. What Mr Johnson’s departure from government illustrates is that there is a smaller but equally vociferous group of former Remainers who are also prepared to bring down the deal, for different reasons. Oliver Wright.
- Nov.09.2018: Jo Johnson quits as minister over Theresa May's Brexit plan. Transport minister says he cannot support deal and will push for second referendum. Heather Stewart, The Times. See also Jo Johnson savages Brexit strategy and brother’s campaign
- Oct.03.2016: Iain Dale’s 100 most influential people on the Right. Minister for Universities. Johnson has failed to build on his early promise and his rise up the greasy pole has come to a shuddering halt. He headed the team which wrote the last Conservative manifesto, but that failed to propel his career forward. If he doesn’t make the Cabinet in the next reshuffle, it’s doubtful he ever will. Conservative Home, Iain Dale
- Jan.12.2016: Tories vote down law requiring landlords make their homes fit for human habitation. Labour MP Teresa Pearce's amendment to the Housing and Planning Bill 2016, which would place a duty on landlords to ensure that their properties are fit for habitation when let and remain fit during the course of the tenancy, was defeated by 312 votes to 219. Marcus Jones said the govt believed that homes should be fit for human habitation, but did not want to pass a new law that would explicitly require it. Other ministers claimed the proposal would impose "unnecessary regulation" on landlords, and that it would push up rents. Jo Johnson, himself a landlord, was one of those who voted "No". The Independent, Jon Stone
- May.11.2010: General Election 2010: bankers become MPs in new Parliament Jo Johnson worked at Deutsche Bank. The Telegraph, Louise Armitstead