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'''Philippa Claire Stroud, Baroness Stroud''' (born 1965)<ref>[http://ukpolitics.telegraph.co.uk/Sutton+%26+Cheam/Philippa+Stroud ''Telegraph''] Sutton and Cheam candidate profile</ref> is a co-founder and Executive Director of the [[think tank]] the [[Centre for Social Justice]]. She is a member of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and in 2009 ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' named her as the 82nd most influential right-winger, ahead of the last Conservative leader [[Michael Howard]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/6256140/Top-100-most-influential-Right-wingers-100-51.html|title=Top 100 most influential Right-wingers: 100-51|last=Dale|first=Iain |author2=Brian Brivati |date=4 October 2009|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=3 May 2010|location=London}}</ref> She was created a [[life peer]] on 1 October 2015 taking the title '''Baroness Stroud''', of [[Fulham]] in the [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=notice 2410213|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2410213|website=[[The London Gazette]]}}</ref>
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'''Philippa Claire Stroud, Baroness Stroud''' (born 2 April 1965)<ref>{{cite web |title=Philippa Stroud |url=https://api.parliament.uk/query/resource?uri=https://id.parliament.uk/Dm1rylot |website=api.parliament.uk/ |access-date=29 June 2022}}</ref> is a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] Peer in the [[House of Lords]] and leader of several conservative [[think tank]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-21 |title=Tory peer who helped to set up universal credit calls for urgent increase in benefits |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/benefits-universal-credit-inflation-cost-of-living-b2083796.html |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>


She is co-founder and, since November 2023, the chief executive officer of [[Alliance for Responsible Citizenship]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bourke |first=Jordan Baker, Latika |date=2023-10-29 |title=Olympics of centre-right thought? Heavyweights to debate future of conservatism in the age of Trump |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/olympics-of-centre-right-thought-heavyweights-to-debate-future-of-conservatism-in-the-age-of-trump-20231027-p5efim.html |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-02 |title=This global right-wing movement wants to save the world. It just needs a plan |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/this-global-right-wing-movement-wants-to-save-the-world-it-just-needs-a-plan/ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref> Stroud has held similar roles at the [[Legatum Institute]], [[Centre for Social Justice]] and Social Metrics Commission.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legatum: the think-tank at intellectual heart of 'hard' Brexit |url=https://www.ft.com/content/fac8b53e-d840-11e7-a039-c64b1c09b482 |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=www.ft.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stroud |first=Philippa |title=Dying to belong |url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/conservatives/53463/dying-to-belong |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=www.prospectmagazine.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Butler |first=Patrick |last2= |first2= |date=2022-07-05 |title=Tory peer says government has made a 'political football' out of poverty |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jul/05/tory-peer-says-government-has-made-a-political-football-out-of-poverty |access-date=2024-02-15 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> She is a member of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and in 2009 ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' named her as the 82nd most influential right-winger, ahead of former Conservative leader [[Michael Howard]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/6256140/Top-100-most-influential-Right-wingers-100-51.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007102617/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/6256140/Top-100-most-influential-Right-wingers-100-51.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 October 2009|title=Top 100 most influential Right-wingers: 100-51|last=Dale|first=Iain |author2=Brian Brivati |date=4 October 2009|work=The Telegraph|access-date=3 May 2010}}</ref> By 2023, journalist [[Eleanor Mills (journalist)|Eleanor Mills]] described her as "the most powerful Right-winger you've never heard of."<ref name=":0" />
==Education==


Stroud was made a [[life peer]] on 1 October 2015 taking the title '''Baroness Stroud''', of [[Fulham]] in the [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Crown Office - Notice 2410213|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2410213|work=London Gazette|date=5 October 2015}}</ref>
She was educated at [[St Catherine's School, Bramley]], and the [[University of Birmingham]].


In January 2024, she became the chairman of the [[Low Pay Commission]]. <ref name=":1" />
==Career==

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Stroud spent seventeen years in poverty-fighting projects and published a book on social injustice. In 1987-89 she worked in Hong Kong and Macau amongst the addict community. From 1989-96 she pioneered a four-stage residential support project in Bedford enabling homeless people to move off the streets and to become contributing members of the community. From 2001-2003 Stroud developed a project to care for addicts, the homeless and those in debt in Birmingham.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/default.asp?pageRef=49|title=Centre for Social Justice - People|publisher=Centre for Social Justice|accessdate=10 May 2010}}</ref>
==Early life==
The daughter of a nurse and an international banker, Stroud grew up in [[Bramley, Surrey]].<ref name=":0" /> She says she was shaped by seeing her mother serving [[Ugandan Asians]], and later [[Vietnamese boat people]], who sought asylum in Britain.<ref name=":0" /> Stroud received her secondary education at [[St Catherine's School, Bramley]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/stcatherinesbramley/docs/nn38_-_for_issuu_140223 |title=St Catherine's - Non Nobis 38 - Spring 2023 |publisher=St Catherine's School |date=Spring 2023 |accessdate=13 July 2023}}</ref> going on to complete a Bachelor of Arts, studying French, at the [[University of Birmingham]].<ref name=":0" />

==Professional career==
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Stroud spent seventeen years in poverty-fighting projects and published a book on social injustice.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} In 1987-89 she worked in Hong Kong and Macau amongst the addict community.<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|url=https://capx.co/philippa-stroud-on-family-breakdown-welfare-reform-and-brexit/|title=Philippa Stroud on family breakdown, welfare reform and Brexit|publisher=Capx |access-date=4 March 2018|first=Rober|last=Colvile|date=5 July 2017}}</ref> From 1989 to 1996 she pioneered a four-stage residential support project in Bedford enabling homeless people to move off the streets and to become contributing members of the community.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} From 2001 to 2003 Stroud developed a project to care for addicts, the homeless and those in debt in Birmingham.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/default.asp?pageRef=49|title=People|publisher=Centre for Social Justice|access-date=10 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409233511/http://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/default.asp?pageRef=49|archive-date=9 April 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2020}}


==Politics==
==Politics==
At the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], Stroud stood as the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] parliamentary candidate for [[Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)|Sutton and Cheam]], a marginal seat, but came second to the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] incumbent, [[Paul Burstow]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-05 |title=Election results for Sutton and Cheam, 5 May 2010 |url=https://moderngov.sutton.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=43 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Sutton |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-05-05 |title=Election results for Sutton and Cheam, 5 May 2005 |url=https://moderngov.sutton.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=22&V=0&RPID=10352364 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Sutton |language=en}}</ref>
In 2003, Stroud co-founded the [[Centre for Social Justice]].

=== House of Lords ===
Philippa Stroud was made a life peer in October 2015.<ref name="auto"/> In 2018, she made speeches in the [[House of Lords]] on the topics of Human Trafficking,<ref>{{cite web|title=Baroness Stroud explains the need for security collaboration with the EU to tackle trafficking
|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn8MukwZmiY&t=31s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/gn8MukwZmiY |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|via=YouTube|date=20 March 2018|publisher=Legatum Institute}}{{cbignore}}</ref> the [[European Union (Withdrawal) Bill|European Union withdrawal bill]] and the Family Relationships bill.<ref>{{cite web|title=Philippa Stroud, Baroness Stroud|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/25459/baroness_stroud|work=TheyWorkForYou}}</ref> She has been an advocate of reducing poverty in the UK through her work at the Centre for Social Justice, the Legatum Institute and in the House of Lords.<ref>{{cite web|title=Poverty is one of the UK's biggest injustices|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/julia-unwin/poverty-is-one-of-the-uks_b_11927282.html|work=Huffington Post|first=Julia|last=Unwin|date=12 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Stroud moves to Legatum from the Centre for Social Justice|url=https://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2016/09/stroud-moves-to-legatum-from-the-centre-for-social-justice.html|work=Conservative Home|first=Paul|last=Goodman|date=13 September 2016}}</ref>

In February 2018, she made a speech in support of the Family Relationships (Impact Assessment and Targets) Bill which would help ensure future Government policy would be assessed for its impact on family relationships. She argued that the UK has "one of the highest rates of family breakdown in Europe", and that family breakdowns entrenched poverty. Stroud believes family relationships should be a priority for Government to help reduce poverty, with the highest poverty rate being attributed to single parent families.<ref>{{cite web|title=Family Relationships (Impact Assessment and Targets Bill) - Second Reading|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2018-02-23a.371.0&s=speaker%3A25459#g387.0|work=TheyWorkForYou|date=23 February 2018}}</ref>

In March 2018, Stroud made an appeal for the UK to accept more refugee children into the UK and to reunite more children with their families. Her speech garnered support from [[Frank Judd, Baron Judd|Lord Judd]], [[Denis Tunnicliffe, Baron Tunnicliffe|Lord Tunnicliffe]] and [[David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead|Lord Hope]], who supported for her call for Britain to remain compassionate in its approach to accepting refugees.<ref>{{cite web|title=European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - House of Lords|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2018-03-14/debates/7442F903-3202-41A9-B732-DCE1BBD1FB89/EuropeanUnion(Withdrawal)Bill#contribution-9AAD3794-8022-499D-A75C-CC1183D45178|work=Hansard|date=14 March 2018|publisher=UK Parliament}}</ref>

In 2020, Stroud became a steering committee member of the lockdown-skeptic [[COVID Recovery Group]], alongside a group of Conservative MPs who opposed the UK government's [[The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020|December 2020 lockdown]].<ref name="Hope10Nov">{{cite news|title=Tory lockdown rebels unite to form Covid Recovery Group |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/10/headache-pm-dozens-conservative-mps-set-covid-recovery-group/ |work=The Telegraph |date=10 November 2020|first=Christopher|last=Hope|publisher=Telegraph Media Group}}{{subscription required}}</ref>

===Organisations===
In 2003, alongside [[Iain Duncan Smith]], [[Tim Montgomerie]] and [[Mark Florman]], Stroud co-founded the [[Centre for Social Justice]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/philippa-stroud|title=Philippa Stroud |work=The Guardian |access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://theferret.scot/doubts-raised-legatum-charity-work/|title=Legatum under investigation by Charity Commission|publisher=The Ferret |access-date=4 March 2018|first=Peter|last=Geoghegan|date=30 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> which argues its 'vision is to for those living in the poorest and most disadvantaged communities across Britain to be given every opportunity to flourish and reach their full potential'. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/about | title=About the CSJ }}</ref>

After the 2010 general election, Stroud was appointed as a [[Special advisers (UK government)|Special Adviser]] to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/nov/05/iain-duncan-smith-adviser-lobbying|website=The Guardian|title=Iain Duncan Smith adviser being paid by thinktank lobbying his department|date=5 Nov 2012}}</ref> This came as billions of pounds were stripped from the social security budget, and so she worked to help create and implement the Government's welfare reforms, including the launch of universal credit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tips-q.com/new/msm/212229-philippa-stroud-appointed-special-advisor-department-work-and-pensions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717064155/http://www.tips-q.com/new/msm/212229-philippa-stroud-appointed-special-advisor-department-work-and-pensions|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-17|title=Nothing found for New Msm 212229 Philippa Stroud Appointed Special Advisor Department Work And Pensions|work=TipsQ}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/24/philippa-stroud-universal-credit-tory-peer-poverty-government|title=Philippa Stroud: 'The priority should be reinvesting in universal credit' |work=The Guardian |access-date=19 November 2018|first=Patrick|last=Butler|date=24 October 2018}}</ref> She returned to the [[Centre for Social Justice]] in 2015.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} In 2016, the Centre for Social Justice suggested that "life chance risks", including growing up in a single-parent household or by parents mired in debt, should be taken into account when assessing whether families could be classed as living in poverty. Stroud claimed that, "we need to look beyond the household income to work out the condition the children are growing up in."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/12145322/Growing-up-in-a-single-parent-household-could-count-as-a-form-of-poverty.html |title=Growing up in a single-parent household could count as a form of 'poverty' |work=The Telegraph |access-date=4 January 2018|first=John|last=Bingham|date=8 February 2016}} {{subscription required}}</ref>


Stroud became the chief executive officer of the [[Legatum Institute]] in October 2016.<ref name="ftlegatumthethinktankat">{{cite news|last1=O'Murchu|first1=Cynthia|last2=Mance|first2=Henry|title=Legatum: the think-tank at intellectual heart of 'hard' Brexit|url=https://www.ft.com/content/fac8b53e-d840-11e7-a039-c64b1c09b482|access-date=6 December 2017|work=Financial Times|date=4 December 2017}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Under her leadership, the think tank has promoted research and ideas demonstrating the opportunities and potential solutions for the UK's trade policies post-Brexit.<ref name="ftlegatumthethinktankat"/> However, the Institute now focuses more broadly on the benefits of global trade through its Special Trade Commission.<ref>{{cite web|title=IEA poaches Legatum's Shankar Singham and top team|url=http://www.cityam.com/281988/iea-poaches-legatum-top-team|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317130403/http://www.cityam.com/281988/iea-poaches-legatum-top-team|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-03-17|work=City AM}}</ref>
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She has twice been a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidate in a [[United Kingdom general election|general election]]: she came third in [[Birmingham Ladywood (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Ladywood]] in [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005]];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/10382/philippa-stroud|title=Philippa Stroud: Electoral history and profile|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=2 May 2010 | location=London}}</ref> and on [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|6 May 2010]], as candidate for [[Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)|Sutton and Cheam]], she came second to incumbent [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] [[Paul Burstow]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e59.stm|title=Election 2010 Constituency Sutton & Cheam|date=7 May 2010|publisher=BBC News |accessdate=8 May 2010}}</ref>


In 2016, Stroud founded the Social Metrics Commission (SMC){{citation needed|date=April 2021}} with the aim to create a new UK poverty measure to replace the previous official measure abolished by the Conservative government in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.socialmetricscommission.org.uk/about/|title=About|publisher=Social Metrics Commission|access-date=19 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/17/half-million-pensions-poverty-overnight-new-official-calculation/|title=Half a million pensioners 'out of poverty' overnight|date=17 September 2018|work=The Telegraph|access-date=17 September 2018}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/middle-class-take-more-drink-and-drugs-than-poor-0gw5zfxx3|title=Middle class take more drink and drugs than poor|via=The Times|access-date=16 September 2018|first=Tim|last=Shipman|publisher=Times Newspapers|date=16 September 2018|work=Sunday Times}}{{subscription required}}</ref> In September 2018 the SMC, led by Stroud, published a report using the new measure of poverty for the UK which went beyond the former official measure (which focused solely on income) by including core living costs such as housing, childcare and disability into the equation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/16/what-is-the-new-uk-poverty-measure-and-why-is-it-needed|title=What is the new UK poverty measure – and why is it needed?|work=The Guardian|access-date=16 September 2018|first=Patrick|last=Butler|date=16 September 2018}}</ref> The report found that 14.4 million people were living in poverty in 2017, including 4.5 million children.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/16/new-study-finds-45-million-uk-children-living-in-poverty|title=New study finds 4.5 million UK children living in poverty|work=The Guardian|access-date=17 September 2018|first=Patrick|last=Butler|date=16 September 2018}}</ref> Stroud called on the Government to use this new measure to focus efforts and attention on creating policies and solutions to alleviate poverty levels in the UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/db5d7fa2-b843-11e8-bbc3-ccd7de085ffe|date=16 September 2018|title=New measure of poverty proposed for UK|work=Financial Times|access-date=16 September 2018}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
After the election, she was appointed as a [[Special advisers (UK government)|Special Adviser]] to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, [[Iain Duncan Smith]].<ref>http://www.tips-q.com/new/msm/212229-philippa-stroud-appointed-special-advisor-department-work-and-pensions</ref> She returned to the [[Centre for Social Justice]] in 2015.


In December 2023, Stroud was chosen by [[Kemi Badenoch]] to become the next chairman of the [[Low Pay Commission]], replacing Bryan Sanderson. She will take up this role from the 1st January 2024, and will serve a three-year term as chairman of the commission, which advises the Government on both the living and minimum wage. <ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Gutteridge |first=Nick |date=28 December 2023 |title=Badenoch appoints Right-wing Tory peer as low pay tsar |work=Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/12/28/kemi-badenoch-appoints-baroness-stroud-new-low-pay-tsar/}}</ref>
==Church controversy==


===Elections===
During the 2010 election campaign, it was claimed by ''[[The Observer]]'', but denied by Stroud, that in 1989, having returned from Hong Kong, she had founded the Kings Arms Trust<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/may/02/conservatives-philippa-stroud-gay-cure | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Rising Tory star Philippa Stroud ran prayer sessions to 'cure' gay people | first1=Jamie | last1=Doward | first2=Richard | last2=Rogers | first3=Cal | last3=Flyn | date=2 May 2010}}</ref> in [[Bedford]], that provided religiously-based social services to [[alcoholics]] and [[drug addict]]s. Twenty-one years later, the church attracted controversy when an article in ''[[The Observer]]'' of 2 May 2010 alleged they had tried to "[[Sexual orientation change efforts|cure]]" [[Homosexuality|homosexuals]] and [[transgender]] individuals by driving out their 'demons' in the name of God.<ref>Jamie Doward, Cal Flyn and Richard Rogers, [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/may/02/conservatives-philippa-stroud-gay-cure "Rising Tory star Philippa Stroud ran prayer sessions to 'cure' gay people"], ''The Observer'', 2 May 2010</ref> Immediately after the allegations of the article, Stroud responded in a statement saying that it was "categorically untrue that I believe homosexuality to be an 'illness'".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7669154/General-Election-2010-Tory-candidate-tried-to-cure-gay-people-through-prayer.html|title=General Election 2010: Tory candidate 'tried to 'cure' gay people through prayer' |date=2 May 2010|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=10 May 2010|location=London|first=Martin|last=Beckford}}</ref> [[David Cameron]] defended Stroud stating that "She believes in gay equality" and had made "a very clear statement to say she was completely misreported".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8660214.stm|title=Election: Cameron backs Stroud after church claims |date=4 May 2010|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=4 May 2010}}</ref> However, when [[PinkNews]] "pointed out to her spokesman that the Observer’s prime claim was not that she believed homosexuality to be an illness and instead that she appeared to believe it could be overcome through prayer and removing “demons”, he said: “We will not be adding to or subtracting to [sic] the statement.”<ref>{{Cite web|title = David Cameron backs Philippa Stroud over ‘gay cure’ allegations|url = http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/05/04/david-cameron-backs-philippa-stroud-over-gay-cure-allegations/|website = PinkNews|accessdate = 2015-10-06}}</ref>.
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Stroud has twice been a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidate in a [[United Kingdom general election|general election]]: she came third in [[Birmingham Ladywood (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Ladywood]] in [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/10382/philippa-stroud|title=Philippa Stroud: Electoral history and profile|work=The Guardian|access-date=2 May 2010}}{{dead link|date=April 2021}}</ref> and on [[2010 United Kingdom general election|6 May 2010]], as candidate for [[Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)|Sutton and Cheam]], she came second to incumbent [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] [[Paul Burstow]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e59.stm|work=Election 2010|title=Constituency - Sutton & Cheam|date=7 May 2010|publisher=BBC News |access-date=8 May 2010}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
Stroud is a member of Christ Church London of which her husband David is Senior Leader.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Staff {{!}} ChristChurch London|url = https://christchurchlondon.org/staff/|website = christchurchlondon.org|accessdate = 2015-10-06}}</ref>
Stroud is a mother of three children (twin daughters and a son) who are now adults, and in 2023 was a grandmother of two.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Mills |first=Eleanor |date=2023-11-05 |title=Baroness Stroud: 'Jordan Peterson and I believe we can all be part of building something better' |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/11/05/baroness-stroud-jordan-peterson-arc-alliance-citizenship/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> She lives in south-west London with her husband David Stroud, who leads [[ChristChurch London]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Butler |first=Patrick |date=2018-10-24 |title=Philippa Stroud: 'The priority should be reinvesting in universal credit' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/24/philippa-stroud-universal-credit-tory-peer-poverty-government |access-date=2024-02-15 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


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The Right Honourable
The Baroness Stroud
Baroness Stroud, 2023
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 October 2015
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1965-04-02) 2 April 1965 (age 59)
Political partyConservative
EducationSt Catherine's School, Bramley
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham
OccupationThink tanker

Philippa Claire Stroud, Baroness Stroud (born 2 April 1965)[1] is a Conservative Party Peer in the House of Lords and leader of several conservative think tanks.[2]

She is co-founder and, since November 2023, the chief executive officer of Alliance for Responsible Citizenship.[3][4] Stroud has held similar roles at the Legatum Institute, Centre for Social Justice and Social Metrics Commission.[5][6][7] She is a member of the Conservative Party and in 2009 The Daily Telegraph named her as the 82nd most influential right-winger, ahead of former Conservative leader Michael Howard.[8] By 2023, journalist Eleanor Mills described her as "the most powerful Right-winger you've never heard of."[9]

Stroud was made a life peer on 1 October 2015 taking the title Baroness Stroud, of Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.[10]

In January 2024, she became the chairman of the Low Pay Commission. [11]

Early life

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The daughter of a nurse and an international banker, Stroud grew up in Bramley, Surrey.[9] She says she was shaped by seeing her mother serving Ugandan Asians, and later Vietnamese boat people, who sought asylum in Britain.[9] Stroud received her secondary education at St Catherine's School, Bramley,[12] going on to complete a Bachelor of Arts, studying French, at the University of Birmingham.[9]

Professional career

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Stroud spent seventeen years in poverty-fighting projects and published a book on social injustice.[citation needed] In 1987-89 she worked in Hong Kong and Macau amongst the addict community.[13] From 1989 to 1996 she pioneered a four-stage residential support project in Bedford enabling homeless people to move off the streets and to become contributing members of the community.[citation needed] From 2001 to 2003 Stroud developed a project to care for addicts, the homeless and those in debt in Birmingham.[14][failed verification]

Politics

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At the 2010 general election, Stroud stood as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Sutton and Cheam, a marginal seat, but came second to the Liberal Democrat incumbent, Paul Burstow.[15][16]

House of Lords

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Philippa Stroud was made a life peer in October 2015.[10] In 2018, she made speeches in the House of Lords on the topics of Human Trafficking,[17] the European Union withdrawal bill and the Family Relationships bill.[18] She has been an advocate of reducing poverty in the UK through her work at the Centre for Social Justice, the Legatum Institute and in the House of Lords.[19][20]

In February 2018, she made a speech in support of the Family Relationships (Impact Assessment and Targets) Bill which would help ensure future Government policy would be assessed for its impact on family relationships. She argued that the UK has "one of the highest rates of family breakdown in Europe", and that family breakdowns entrenched poverty. Stroud believes family relationships should be a priority for Government to help reduce poverty, with the highest poverty rate being attributed to single parent families.[21]

In March 2018, Stroud made an appeal for the UK to accept more refugee children into the UK and to reunite more children with their families. Her speech garnered support from Lord Judd, Lord Tunnicliffe and Lord Hope, who supported for her call for Britain to remain compassionate in its approach to accepting refugees.[22]

In 2020, Stroud became a steering committee member of the lockdown-skeptic COVID Recovery Group, alongside a group of Conservative MPs who opposed the UK government's December 2020 lockdown.[23]

Organisations

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In 2003, alongside Iain Duncan Smith, Tim Montgomerie and Mark Florman, Stroud co-founded the Centre for Social Justice,[24][25][9] which argues its 'vision is to for those living in the poorest and most disadvantaged communities across Britain to be given every opportunity to flourish and reach their full potential'. [26]

After the 2010 general election, Stroud was appointed as a Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith.[27] This came as billions of pounds were stripped from the social security budget, and so she worked to help create and implement the Government's welfare reforms, including the launch of universal credit.[28][13][29] She returned to the Centre for Social Justice in 2015.[citation needed] In 2016, the Centre for Social Justice suggested that "life chance risks", including growing up in a single-parent household or by parents mired in debt, should be taken into account when assessing whether families could be classed as living in poverty. Stroud claimed that, "we need to look beyond the household income to work out the condition the children are growing up in."[30]

Stroud became the chief executive officer of the Legatum Institute in October 2016.[31] Under her leadership, the think tank has promoted research and ideas demonstrating the opportunities and potential solutions for the UK's trade policies post-Brexit.[31] However, the Institute now focuses more broadly on the benefits of global trade through its Special Trade Commission.[32]

In 2016, Stroud founded the Social Metrics Commission (SMC)[citation needed] with the aim to create a new UK poverty measure to replace the previous official measure abolished by the Conservative government in 2015.[33][34][35] In September 2018 the SMC, led by Stroud, published a report using the new measure of poverty for the UK which went beyond the former official measure (which focused solely on income) by including core living costs such as housing, childcare and disability into the equation.[36] The report found that 14.4 million people were living in poverty in 2017, including 4.5 million children.[37] Stroud called on the Government to use this new measure to focus efforts and attention on creating policies and solutions to alleviate poverty levels in the UK.[38]

In December 2023, Stroud was chosen by Kemi Badenoch to become the next chairman of the Low Pay Commission, replacing Bryan Sanderson. She will take up this role from the 1st January 2024, and will serve a three-year term as chairman of the commission, which advises the Government on both the living and minimum wage. [11]

Elections

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Stroud has twice been a Conservative candidate in a general election: she came third in Birmingham Ladywood in 2005;[39] and on 6 May 2010, as candidate for Sutton and Cheam, she came second to incumbent Liberal Democrat Paul Burstow.[40]

Personal life

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Stroud is a mother of three children (twin daughters and a son) who are now adults, and in 2023 was a grandmother of two.[9] She lives in south-west London with her husband David Stroud, who leads ChristChurch London.[9][41]

References

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  1. ^ "Philippa Stroud". api.parliament.uk/. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Tory peer who helped to set up universal credit calls for urgent increase in benefits". The Independent. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  3. ^ Bourke, Jordan Baker, Latika (29 October 2023). "Olympics of centre-right thought? Heavyweights to debate future of conservatism in the age of Trump". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "This global right-wing movement wants to save the world. It just needs a plan". POLITICO. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Legatum: the think-tank at intellectual heart of 'hard' Brexit". www.ft.com. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  6. ^ Stroud, Philippa. "Dying to belong". www.prospectmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  7. ^ Butler, Patrick (5 July 2022). "Tory peer says government has made a 'political football' out of poverty". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  8. ^ Dale, Iain; Brian Brivati (4 October 2009). "Top 100 most influential Right-wingers: 100-51". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Mills, Eleanor (5 November 2023). "Baroness Stroud: 'Jordan Peterson and I believe we can all be part of building something better'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Crown Office - Notice 2410213". London Gazette. 5 October 2015.
  11. ^ a b Gutteridge, Nick (28 December 2023). "Badenoch appoints Right-wing Tory peer as low pay tsar". Telegraph.
  12. ^ "St Catherine's - Non Nobis 38 - Spring 2023". St Catherine's School. Spring 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  13. ^ a b Colvile, Rober (5 July 2017). "Philippa Stroud on family breakdown, welfare reform and Brexit". Capx. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  14. ^ "People". Centre for Social Justice. Archived from the original on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  15. ^ "Election results for Sutton and Cheam, 5 May 2010". Sutton. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  16. ^ "Election results for Sutton and Cheam, 5 May 2005". Sutton. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Baroness Stroud explains the need for security collaboration with the EU to tackle trafficking". Legatum Institute. 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  18. ^ "Philippa Stroud, Baroness Stroud". TheyWorkForYou.
  19. ^ Unwin, Julia (12 September 2016). "Poverty is one of the UK's biggest injustices". Huffington Post.
  20. ^ Goodman, Paul (13 September 2016). "Stroud moves to Legatum from the Centre for Social Justice". Conservative Home.
  21. ^ "Family Relationships (Impact Assessment and Targets Bill) - Second Reading". TheyWorkForYou. 23 February 2018.
  22. ^ "European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - House of Lords". Hansard. UK Parliament. 14 March 2018.
  23. ^ Hope, Christopher (10 November 2020). "Tory lockdown rebels unite to form Covid Recovery Group". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group.(subscription required)
  24. ^ "Philippa Stroud". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  25. ^ Geoghegan, Peter (30 November 2017). "Legatum under investigation by Charity Commission". The Ferret. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  26. ^ "About the CSJ".
  27. ^ "Iain Duncan Smith adviser being paid by thinktank lobbying his department". The Guardian. 5 November 2012.
  28. ^ "Nothing found for New Msm 212229 Philippa Stroud Appointed Special Advisor Department Work And Pensions". TipsQ. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
  29. ^ Butler, Patrick (24 October 2018). "Philippa Stroud: 'The priority should be reinvesting in universal credit'". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  30. ^ Bingham, John (8 February 2016). "Growing up in a single-parent household could count as a form of 'poverty'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 January 2018. (subscription required)
  31. ^ a b O'Murchu, Cynthia; Mance, Henry (4 December 2017). "Legatum: the think-tank at intellectual heart of 'hard' Brexit". Financial Times. Retrieved 6 December 2017.(subscription required)
  32. ^ "IEA poaches Legatum's Shankar Singham and top team". City AM. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018.
  33. ^ "About". Social Metrics Commission. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  34. ^ "Half a million pensioners 'out of poverty' overnight". The Telegraph. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.(subscription required)
  35. ^ Shipman, Tim (16 September 2018). "Middle class take more drink and drugs than poor". Sunday Times. Times Newspapers. Retrieved 16 September 2018 – via The Times.(subscription required)
  36. ^ Butler, Patrick (16 September 2018). "What is the new UK poverty measure – and why is it needed?". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  37. ^ Butler, Patrick (16 September 2018). "New study finds 4.5 million UK children living in poverty". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  38. ^ "New measure of poverty proposed for UK". Financial Times. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.(subscription required)
  39. ^ "Philippa Stroud: Electoral history and profile". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2010.[dead link‍]
  40. ^ "Constituency - Sutton & Cheam". Election 2010. BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  41. ^ Butler, Patrick (24 October 2018). "Philippa Stroud: 'The priority should be reinvesting in universal credit'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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