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Brooks was the MP for Braintree (2005-2015) and was elected the Minister for Civil Society (2014). He is a leading advocate for housing reform, equality and tackling youth unemployment. 

 Brooks Newmark served in the Coalition Government as Minister for Civil Society, with responsibility for charities, the voluntary sector and youth (2014) having previously served on the Treasury Select Committee (2012 -14 and 2006-7) and as a Government Whip and Lord Commissioner HM Treasury (2010 - 12).

In Opposition Brooks also served as a Whip (2007-10). He was also the Co-Chairman and Founder of Women2Win, which was set up with the aim to encourage more women into politics and public service. He was  also the Founder of the Million Jobs Campaign to tackle youth unemployment.

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Brooks Newmark: Hawking myths about the NHS

Science is about evidence. Politics rarely is. As Stephen Hawking observed recently, politicians will sometimes cherry-pick evidence to justify policy. Yet in choosing to politicise his arguments, Professor Hawking falls into the same trap as the very politicians he accuses of being economical with the truth, by peddling several myths about the state and direction of the NHS under the current Government, when the evidence shows quite the opposite.

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