The Big Story As far as the idea of foreign worker disclosure, it would be fair to give Rudd the benefit of the doubt as an idea that may not have been fully thought through. She later doused the flames with a conciliatory statement that forcing companies to reveal their foreign workforce was “not something we are definitely going to do” and was part of a wider review of immigration and employment practices. i.e. let’s try and forget I ever said that. So what kind of Home Secretary will Amber Rudd be? On her website she declares her motivation is defined by wanting the best for her children’s generation: “I’m a parent and I want the best for my children. I don’t want them to spend most of their lives paying off the debts that my generation ran up. “I don’t want them to feel betrayed because my generation did nothing to create a society where talent was nurtured, where effort was rewarded, where success was encouraged, where people took responsibility for their own actions and had pride in their own achievements. “Most of all, I don’t want them to look at us and say, “you saw what was happening and didn’t try to make a difference.” I want a future our children deserve.” Her maiden speech to the Party conference as Home Secretary concentrated largely on her determination to fight against modern slavery and domestic abuse, and to ensure the
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legal system offers better support for victims of rape. She offered a vision that few would argue with. “We will drive through ambitious social reforms that will deliver equality of opportunity. “Reforms that define the Conservative principle that the things that matter the most are the talent you have. And how hard you are prepared to work.
“I think she got into a bit of trouble on the day we left school, when she tied together all the chair legs in the dining-room.”
“For me, as Home Secretary, building a society that works for everyone means that we must help those right at the very bottom. “I feel very strongly that, as we work to deliver a Britain that works for everyone, it is our duty to help the less fortunate. This means that we have to discuss issues that make us feel uncomfortable.” If she makes progress on these crucial issues then no-one will care how her politics are defined; all that matters is that she made a difference.
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mber Rudd was born on 1st August 1963 in London, the daughter of Ethne Fitzgerald and Tony Rudd. She has one brother, PR executive Roland Rudd, perhaps best known as the chairman of Business for New Europe. The pro-European leanings clearly run in the family. She was educated at Cheltenham Ladies’ College and Queen’s College, and went on to read History at Edinburgh University. Emma Craigie, a contemporary at Cheltenham recalls: “There were real problems in our school house, there were 17 in our year and a huge proportion developed eating disorders. But Amber was very comfortable in herself, very warm, outgoing, confident, and very, very competitive. I think she got into a bit of trouble on the day we left school, when she tied