Another update from Baroness Jenkin: I was delighted to host an event in the River Room at the House of Lords last night for the Global Poverty Project and the charity partners, Restless Development (for whom, as one of their patrons, I am fundraising); Results UK; Salvation Army; Christian Aid; and Think Global, all of…
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Half way through the Live Below the Line challenge…
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An update from Baroness Jenkin… Half way through day three – in fact half way through the challenge. Phew. Yesterday’s lunch was appreciated by all, and I was flattered by the compliments about my soup, – but I was horrified to find later that I packed it all up before Baroness Jolly arrived for her…
Baroness Living on a Pound a Day
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I’m Anne Jenkin (nee Strutt). I became a Conservative Member of the Lords on 27th January. I started working in the House of Commons as a secretary to various MPs in 1977, so the Westminster Village is very much my home. I come from a political family – three of my grandparents were in the…
