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Sajid Javid

November 23, 2023

Sajid Javid (/ˈsædʒɪd ˈdʒævɪd/; born 5 December 1969) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from June 2021 to July 2022, having previously served as Home Secretary from 2018 to 2019 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2019 to 2020. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove since 2010.

The Right Honourable
Sajid Javid
MP
Official portrait, 2021
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
In office
26 June 2021 – 5 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byMatt Hancock
Succeeded bySteve Barclay
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byPhilip Hammond
Succeeded byRishi Sunak
Home Secretary
In office
30 April 2018 – 24 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byAmber Rudd
Succeeded byPriti Patel
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government[a]
In office
13 July 2016 – 30 April 2018
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byGreg Clark
Succeeded byJames Brokenshire
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
President of the Board of Trade
In office
12 May 2015 – 13 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byVince Cable
Succeeded byGreg Clark
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
In office
9 April 2014 – 11 May 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byMaria Miller
Succeeded byJohn Whittingdale
Minister for Equalities
In office
9 April 2014 – 15 July 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byMaria Miller
Succeeded byNicky Morgan
Junior ministerial offices
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
7 October 2013 – 9 April 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byGreg Clark
Succeeded byNicky Morgan
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
In office
4 September 2012 – 7 October 2013
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byChloe Smith
Succeeded byNicky Morgan
Member of Parliament
for Bromsgrove
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byJulie Kirkbride
Majority23,106 (42.6%)
Personal details
Born (1969-12-05) 5 December 1969 (age 53)
Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Laura King
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(m. 1997)​
Children4
Residences
EducationDownend School
Filton College
Alma materUniversity of Exeter (BA)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • economist
  • former banker
Signature
Websitewww.sajidjavid.com
  1. ^ Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from July 2016 until January 2018

Born in Rochdale, Lancashire, to a British Pakistani family, Javid was raised largely in Bristol. He studied Economics and Politics at the University of Exeter, where he joined the Conservative Party. Working in banking, he rose to become a managing director at Deutsche Bank. He was elected to the House of Commons in May 2010. Under the coalition government of David Cameron he was a Junior Treasury Minister before being promoted to Cameron's Cabinet as Culture Secretary, following Maria Miller's resignation. Following the 2015 general election, Cameron promoted Javid to Business Secretary.

Javid was a prominent supporter of the unsuccessful Britain Stronger in Europe campaign for the UK to remain in the European Union. Following the 2016 referendum vote to leave the European Union, he went on to serve under Cameron's successor Prime Minister Theresa May, as Communities Secretary from 2016 to 2018. When Amber Rudd resigned as a result of the Windrush scandal in 2018, Javid was appointed as her successor as Home Secretary, becoming the first British Asian to hold one of the Great Offices of State. Following May's resignation, Javid stood for election as Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 leadership contest, finishing in fourth place. The successful candidate, Boris Johnson, appointed him Chancellor of the Exchequer in his first Cabinet. Javid resigned as Chancellor during the February 2020 cabinet reshuffle after refusing a demand from Johnson and his chief adviser Dominic Cummings that he dismiss his advisers, and was succeeded by Rishi Sunak.

In June 2021, following the resignation of Matt Hancock, he was reappointed to Johnson's cabinet as Health Secretary. This made him a prominent figure in the U.K. government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which he supported an end to most generalised public health restrictions, such as face mask mandates until the emergence of the highly transmissible Deltacron hybrid variant from June 2021 until the end of March 2022, and he also expanded the COVID-19 vaccination programme in the United Kingdom. Following Chris Pincher scandal, Javid resigned as Health Secretary on 5 July 2022, and was the first of 62 Conservative MPs to resign during the government and political crisis, which culminated in Johnson's own resignation. He was succeeded by Steve Barclay.

Javid stood to replace Johnson in the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election but withdrew from the race before he could be nominated, and subsequently returned to the backbenches. In December 2022, Javid said that he would not stand for re-election at the next UK general election, due to be held in autumn 2024.[1]

Early life edit

Javid was born on 5 December 1969 in Rochdale, Lancashire, one of five sons of Pakistani Punjabi immigrant parents.[2][3] His family were farmers from the village of Rajana near Toba Tek Singh, Punjab, from where they migrated to the UK in the 1960s.[4] His father worked as a bus driver.[5] His mother did not speak English until she had been in the UK for ten years.[6] His family moved from Lancashire to Stapleton Road, Bristol, as his parents took over a shop there, and the family lived in a two-bedroom flat above it.[7] Javid is able to hold a conversation in broken Punjabi.[8] Despite having an Islamic upbringing, Javid no longer practises any religion.[9][10]

As a teenager, Javid developed an interest in financial markets, following the Thatcher government's privatisations. He says that, at the age of fourteen, he borrowed £500 from a bank to invest in shares and became a regular reader of the Financial Times.[7]

From 1981 to 1986, Javid attended Downend School, a state comprehensive near Bristol. At school it was recommended that he should be a TV repairman. Javid has said he was told that he could not study maths at O Level so he had to get his father to pay for it.[11] When he later witnessed a video showing an assault on a Syrian refugee, he remarked that it was reminiscent of bullying he had experienced at school;[12] Javid said he faced racial abuse when younger, being called a 'Paki', and having faced abuse from "National Front skinheads".[13] Speaking in 2014, Javid said that while at school: "I was naughty, more interested in watching Grange Hill than homework".[7] After being told by his school that he could only study two A Levels when he believed he needed three to go to university,[11] Javid subsequently attended Filton Technical College from 1986 to 1988, and finally the University of Exeter from 1988 to 1991, completing a BA in economics and politics.[14]

Javid was a trustee of the London Early Years Foundation, a governor of Normand Croft Community School, and has led an expedition to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the highest mountain in Africa, to show his support of Help the Aged.[15]

Early political activism edit

At university, he joined the Conservative Party.[16][17] In 1990, aged 20, Javid attended the annual Conservative Party Conference for the first time and campaigned against the Thatcher government's decision that year to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM). He was handing out leaflets against the policy when he first met TV presenter Jeremy Paxman. He has since said that Paxman first interviewed him at that same conference.[18]

From 1992 until 1996, he lived in New York City and rose to become the youngest vice-president of Chase Manhattan Bank[19] and during this period, he had a spell as an aide to Republican nominee Rudy Giuliani's successful 1993 New York mayoral campaign.[20][19]

In 1998, Javid was selected as prospective Parliamentary candidate for Brent North. However, he later withdrew.[21]

He worked as an adviser to Conservative MP Gary Streeter, the then Shadow Secretary of State for International Development.[20]

Banking career edit

Javid had an 18-year City career, during which he rose to become a board member of Deutsche Bank International.[22] Javid joined Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City immediately after graduation, working mostly in Latin America and selling Mexican government bonds prior to the Mexican peso crisis.[23] Aged 25,[a] he became a vice president.[24][27] A 2012 article says he was vice-chairman, although his own website, among others, affirms the more probable claim that he was a vice president, a more junior role at the bank.[28][29] He returned to London in 1997, and later joined Deutsche Bank as a director in 2000. In 2004, he became a managing director at Deutsche Bank and, the following year, global head of Emerging Markets Structuring.[30] He was also an Advisor to Lufthansa in Germany.

In 2007, he relocated to Singapore as head of Deutsche Bank's credit trading, equity convertibles, commodities and private equity businesses in Asia,[31][32] and was appointed a board member of Deutsche Bank International Limited.

He left Deutsche Bank in 2009 to pursue a career in politics. His earnings at Deutsche Bank would have been roughly £3 million a year at the time he left[33] and the Evening Standard once estimated his career change would have required him to take a 98% pay cut.[34]

Javid applied for and held non-domicile status for six years during his banking career which allowed him to avoid paying tax in the UK on his overseas earnings.[35]

Political career edit

Member of Parliament edit

On 28 May 2009, the sitting MP for Bromsgrove, Julie Kirkbride, announced that she would be standing down at the next general election in light of the expenses scandal; Kirkbride had represented the constituency since 1997. Her resignation was confirmed in December 2009, after she attempted to withdraw it.[36]

 
Stuart Popham (left) and Javid at the 2011 Conservative Party Conference in Manchester

After a selection contest held by the Bromsgrove Conservative Association on 6 February 2010, in which he received over 70% of the votes cast by its members, Javid was announced as the official Conservative Party parliamentary candidate for the 2010 general election. The other candidates up for selection included Ruth Davidson[37] and Tina Stowell.[38] On 6 May 2010, Javid received 22,558 votes, winning the seat by a majority of 11,308 votes.[39] In terms of the number of votes cast in the constituency, this was an increase on the majority of 10,080 at the previous general election,[40] though was a reduction when compared both to the actual number of votes his predecessor had received (24,387) and to the Conservatives' percentage share of the vote (43.7% versus 51.0% in 2005). The constituency's boundaries had reformed prior to the election.[41]

In the 2019 general election, Javid received 34,408 votes and was returned as the MP for Bromsgrove, receiving 63.4% of the vote and increasing his already sizeable majority to 23,106 over Labour.[42]

Political recognition edit

According to former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, those MPs first elected in 2010 "are the best new MPs for over thirty years", and he identified Javid as one of six Conservative MPs that he believed had "already made an impact in the first term".[43] Javid was also one of six new MPs profiled by the Financial Times, and was named as the Newcomer of 2010 by the ConservativeHome blog.[44][45]

In October 2012, Iain Dale in The Daily Telegraph included Javid in his list of "Top 100 most influential figures from the Right".[29] Dale wrote: "His fast rise up the greasy pole into George Osborne's inner circle is not only proof of this man's ambition but also his talent." Nicholas Watt in The Guardian also suggested that Javid could rise to the top.[46]

In The Times' 2014 right-wing power list, Javid moved up 18 places to No. 8, with the article stating that he had emerged "as the senior member of the 2010 intake" and that if "the Tories want to jump a generation, then a Javid leadership candidacy would provide the opportunity."[47] The 2014 GG2 Power List ranked Javid as the most influential British Asian,[48] and, at the accompanying GG2 Leadership Awards event on 5 November 2014, then-Prime Minister David Cameron described Javid as "the brilliant Asian man who I asked to join the Cabinet" and said that "I want to hear that title 'Prime Minister' followed by a British Asian name."[49] In July 2014, Forbes magazine compared Javid to Barack Obama and suggested that Javid could become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[50]

In January 2015, Javid was awarded the Politician of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards.[51] In November 2017, Sajid Javid won Patchwork Foundation's MP of the Year Award.[52]

In June 2018, a polling of Tory activists on ConservativeHome showed Javid was popular as a potential party leader. The poll is seen as a reliable barometer of grassroots opinion, although it is known to shift quickly.[53] A separate poll of Conservative Party members by YouGov in July 2018 also showed he had high levels of support to become party leader.[54] YouGov found Javid reached the height of the charts on two measures; with 64% thinking he is "up to the job" and 69% calling him "competent".

Campaign against anti-Semitism edit

Javid's appointment as Home Secretary was welcomed by a number of Jewish organisations, including the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council.[55]

Previously, as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Javid wrote to all local council leaders to ask them to adopt the IHRA's definition of anti-Semitism.[56] In 2015, addressing the Holocaust Educational Trust's annual dinner, the then Business Secretary Javid condemned "dinner party anti-Semites" and said, "I can't remember the last time I spoke to a Jewish friend or colleague who hasn't, at some point, found themselves sitting awkwardly at a dinner party while a fellow guest railed against the international 'kosher conspiracy'".[57]

In 2018, Javid suggested Jeremy Corbyn should quit as Labour leader following his decision to attend a 2014 wreath-laying at a cemetery which contained the graves of many Palestinian activists; including Salah Khalaf and Atef Bseiso, members of the Black September Organization.[58]

Criticism edit

In March 2018, Javid called Momentum "neo-fascist" in the House of Commons chamber. Momentum threatened legal action if he repeated the comment outside Parliament where parliamentary privilege does not protect him against a lawsuit. MPs including Jon Trickett, Chris Williamson, Alex Sobel, Clive Lewis and Caroline Lucas demanded Javid withdraw the statement and apologise.[59]

In July 2018, Javid back-tracked after Jeremy Corbyn had threatened legal action for linking Corbyn with Holocaust denial. Labour MPs accused Javid of "peddling a lie" and called on Theresa May to intervene.[60]

Javid rejected a request by the Muslim Council of Britain for an independent inquiry into allegations of Islamophobia within the Conservative Party.[61] Javid said: "The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) does not represent Muslims in this country" and added "we don't deal with the MCB". Harun Khan, the MCB's secretary-general said, "it sadly indicates that the party has no interest in dealing with this matter with the seriousness it deserves".[62]

Javid was rebuked by MPs and human rights campaigners for tweeting about "Asian paedophiles", with the director of the Runnymede Trust commenting: "racialising this crime and focusing on the ethnicity of the sexual predators has done little to address why and how these victims were vulnerable to the prey of these sexual predators".[63][64] The Independent suggested Javid had ulterior motives with an impending leadership battle and said, "If Javid imagines his racial and religious origins offer any defence to the charge of incendiary race-baiting, he must be out of his tiny mind."[65] His comments were defended[66] by Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator, who said: "The way to stop populists is for mainstream politicians to address difficult and important issues calmly and directly."

Baroness Warsi has criticised Javid for dog-whistling: "he should read what these people are saying, because however much he dog-whistles, however much he panders to the right of our party, sadly the right of our party still believe he's far too Muslim to be leader of the party".[67]

In August 2019, John McDonnell questioned Javid's suitability for the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, citing his background in sales of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and alleged links to tax avoidance schemes. Javid held several senior executive positions in investment banking, including a role with responsibility for sale of CDOs, and during his time Deutsche Bank had operated a tax avoidance scheme known as "dark blue" that channelled bankers' bonus payments through the Cayman Islands.[68]

Conservative leadership elections edit

Joint leadership bid, 2016 edit

Further information: 2016 Conservative Party leadership election

In June 2016, following David Cameron's resignation after the result of the EU referendum, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Stephen Crabb announced that he would be standing in the 2016 Conservative leadership election,[69] on a "joint ticket" with Javid.[70][71] If Crabb became Prime Minister, Javid would become Chancellor of the Exchequer.[70][72] Crabb withdrew from the contest after the first round of voting amongst Conservative Members of Parliament. Shortly after withdrawing his bid, Crabb resigned from the Cabinet following allegations that he had sent suggestive messages to a young woman.[73]

In an interview with the Financial Times, Javid said he had expected to be sacked when Theresa May became Prime Minister in July 2016,[74] instead he was moved across in a re-shuffle to Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, and Crabb subsequently took a post as Parliamentary Chairman of "Conservative Friends of Israel".[75]

Conservative leadership bid, 2019 edit

Further information: 2019 Conservative Party leadership election
 
Official 2018 portrait of Javid

In May 2019, Javid launched his bid to become Conservative leader with pledge to deliver Brexit and to "bridge divides" by promoting the shared values which unite Britain.[76] He finished in fourth place.[77] Javid's campaign was advised by Matthew Elliott, former chief executive of Vote Leave.[78] The campaign received funding from both Remain- and Leave-supporting Conservative donors.[79]

Javid indicated he would be prepared to take Britain out of the EU without a deal, and called for no-deal preparations to be stepped up.[80] Javid set out his Brexit strategy in a piece for the Daily Mail, declaring "no, no, no" to the idea of allowing either another Brexit referendum, an early general election or revoking of Article 50. Javid also proposed covering costs for implementing any new technology at the Irish border in a bid to try and break the deadlock over the Northern Ireland backstop.[81] During the campaign, Javid also opposed the prorogation of parliament in order to deliver Brexit. He commented during the Channel 4 Conservative Party leadership debate, "You don't deliver on democracy by trashing democracy... We're not selecting a dictator of our country."[82][83] A third-party tweet which contained part of this quote on his leadership campaign Twitter account was deleted on 29 August 2019, the day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's controversial decision to prorogue parliament.[84] In a BBC Radio 4 interview on 31 August, Javid defended the prime minister's prorogation of parliament.[85] The prorogation was ruled to be unlawful on 24 September by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.[86]

Javid said he was prepared to scrap the 45p rate of income tax entirely in a bid to inject more "dynamism" into the economy, pointing to the fact that tax revenues increased after the decision to cut the 50p rate of income tax to 45p and his role in making the case for it when he worked in the Treasury.[87]

Javid was eliminated from the contest after achieving fewer votes than his three remaining competitors in the fourth round of voting.[88]

Conservative leadership bid, 2022 edit

On 10 July 2022, Javid announced his candidacy to replace Johnson in the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election,[89] but withdrew prior to the first ballot.[90]

Early Parliamentary years (2010–2013) edit

Javid was briefly a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee from June to November 2010, before relinquishing this position when he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to John Hayes, then Minister of State for Further Education at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.[91] Javid was one of the first MPs to become a PPS from the 2010 intake.

On 14 October 2011, as part of a small reshuffle prompted by the resignation of Liam Fox as Defence Secretary, Javid was promoted to become PPS to then Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne.[92][93]

Treasury ministerial roles edit

 
Treasury minister Javid discussing payday lending with Jo Swinson at the Which? ministerial credit visit in 2013

In September 2012, Javid joined Osborne's Ministerial team as Economic Secretary to the Treasury. He was later promoted to Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 7 October 2013, replacing Greg Clark.[94]

As Economic Secretary, Javid was responsible for overseeing government plans for state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland Group and Lloyds Banking Group.[95]

Javid proposed to scrap rebate taxes for overseas investors in a bid to boost the competitiveness of asset management in the UK.[95]

In 2013, Javid was influential in getting the beer duty escalator abolished and cutting beer duty for the first time in over a half-century. In his honour, a commemorative beer was brewed called "Sajid's Choice" and served in the Strangers' Bar at the House of Commons and sold locally in Bromsgrove.[96]

Culture Secretary edit

See also: 2014 British cabinet reshuffle

On 9 April 2014, David Cameron appointed Javid to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for Equalities following the resignation of Maria Miller over her expenses. This made him the first MP to have been elected at the 2010 general election to join the Cabinet, and the first British Pakistani MP to lead a Government Department. Shortly after his appointment, he was made a Privy Councillor.[97]

Javid defended media freedom and the right of the press to investigate wrongdoing by politicians and officials in his first appearance as Culture Secretary on BBC's Question Time programme. "The media are a cornerstone of our democracy, their freedom is very important and if they want to investigate wrongdoing by politicians or any other public official they should do that and nothing should stop them from doing that."[98] It was reported in May 2015 that in March, Javid had opposed plans by then-Home Secretary Theresa May to give Ofcom "counter-extremism powers" to vet British television programmes before they were broadcast. In a letter to David Cameron, he commented that countries which had similar arrangements "are not known for their compliance with rights related to freedom of expression and the Government may not wish to be associated with such regimes".[99]

His speech as Culture Secretary to the Union of Jewish Students' Annual Conference 2014 about the importance of diversity and free expression in the world of culture[100] has been hailed by Isabel Hardman of The Spectator as "one of the finest speeches from a government minister I have ever read."[101]

In 2015, at a Board of Deputies of British Jews hustings event, Javid stated that publicly funded cultural institutions that boycott Israel risk having their government grants cut.[102] Citing a boycott of the UK Jewish Film Festival[103] by the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn, Javid said: "I have made it absolutely clear what might happen to their [the theatre's] funding if they try, or if anyone tries, that kind of thing again."[102] British playwright Caryl Churchill raised concerns about political interference in the arts, and questioned: "All Charlie Hebdo? Except when freedom of expression means freedom to criticise Israel".[104]

Business Secretary edit

See also: Second Cameron ministry
 
Lionel Barber and Javid, 2015 Financial Times Summer Party, Mondrian Hotel, London

Following the 2015 general election, Javid was appointed as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in the new Conservative majority government under Prime Minister David Cameron. He was at this time described as "the most robust right-winger in the cabinet", and a "true Thatcherite".[105]

After being appointed as Business Secretary, Javid said that there would be "significant changes" to strike laws under the new Conservative government, announcing that strikes affecting essential public services will need the backing of 40% of eligible union members under new government plans.[106]

Javid believed the UK ought to remain in the European Union. He described himself as a Eurosceptic with "no time for ever-closer union", but he wrote in The Daily Telegraph, "Just like Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and IMF head Christine Lagarde, I still believe that Britain is better off in. And that's all because of the Single Market. It's a great invention, one that even Lady Thatcher campaigned enthusiastically to create."[107]

In February 2017, it was revealed in court that Javid had ignored the advice of a senior civil servant in order to continue to grant export licences for weapons to Saudi Arabia, despite allegations of war crimes in the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen. A February 2016 email from Edward Bell, head of the Export Control Organisation, was read out as part of a judicial review into British arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The email said: "To be honest, and I was very direct and honest with [Sajid Javid], my gut tells me we should suspend [weapon exports to Saudi Arabia]". In a later email, he said: "[Sajid Javid] decided not to take a decision about this last night and the matter has now been raised with [the prime minister]".[108]

Creation of a pubs code and pubs code adjudicator (PCA); the SBEE Act 2015 compelled the Business Secretary to create the office of the PCA in one year (s42 (1) SBEE Act 2015)[109] i.e. by 26 March 2016. The code was not published until 20 July 2016 and came into force the following day 21 July 2016, the unlawful delay to the code was overseen by Sajid Javid. Pub tenants were denied an opportunity to use their rights for months as the statutory deadline had been broken. This unlawful delay also pushed forward the pubs code review until 2019, when the code review could have happened a year earlier in 2018.[citation needed]

Communities Secretary edit

 
Queen Rania of Jordan and Javid, at Supporting Syria and the Region conference, 2016.

In July 2016, Javid was appointed Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government by Prime Minister Theresa May.[110] In the role, he focused on increasing housing supply, including delivering a new generation of affordable and council housing.[111] He had previously described council homes as "poor housing for the poor", but helped secure funds for new local council building in the 2017 budget.[112]

In 2017, Javid threatened to cancel Europe's largest Palestine convention, Palestine Expo.[113] Javid, whose department controlled the QEII Centre, had warned that he was "minded" to cancel the event. Javid's intervention came amid claims by various Jewish and pro-Israel groups that the organisers had previously praised Hamas.[114]

In 2017, a judge ruled that Javid acted unlawfully in issuing guidance to restrict local councils from pursuing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel through their pension schemes. The Chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign called it a "victory for Palestine, for local democracy, and for the rule of law".[115]

As Communities Secretary, Javid launched a wide-ranging programme of leasehold and commonhold reform. This began with a forthright speech at the 2017 conference for the main leasehold property managers trade body ARMA (Association of Residential Managing Agents), where Javid targeted rogue managing agents as well as the exorbitant service charges faced by many leaseholders across England and Wales. This was well received by the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership charity.[116] In September 2017, Javid championed innovation collaborative efforts between the UK and Commonwealth Nations by awarding the first Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship in Innovation to Joshua Cheong and Dr Khoo Hsien Hui respectively.[117]

In December 2017, after a public consultation which attracted a high response rate, it was announced that efforts to end "feudal" leasehold practices would include a ban on future leasehold houses as well as setting ground rents in new build flats to zero.[118] By April 2018, a series of policies aimed at regulating both the managing and letting agent sectors was unveiled such as a new system for leaseholders to challenge unfair service charges, empowering leaseholders to switch managing agent and requirements for managing and letting agents to professionalise their operations.[119]

Home Secretary edit

On 30 April 2018, Javid was appointed as Home Secretary after Amber Rudd resigned for misleading MPs about "targets for removing illegal immigrants", a consequence of the ongoing Windrush scandal.[120][121] Javid began his role saying that he was determined to fix the injustices of the Windrush scandal, and launched a consultation.[122]

In becoming Home Secretary, he became the first person from an Asian background to hold one of the Great Offices of State in the UK.[123] In his first months in charge, he put clear water between his tenure and Theresa May's lengthy stint at the Home Office. He offered an olive branch to the Police Federation,[124] secured a review on medicinal cannabis oil,[125] and won an increase in tier 2 visas for skilled workers.[126] Javid won plaudits from Lord Tebbit, who suggested "Sajid Javid has seized control of his notoriously bloody minded department".[127]

Immigration edit

See also: English Channel migrant crossings (2018–present)

In June 2018, Javid lifted the cap on immigration for NHS doctors and nurses and proposed adjustments to the "hostile environment" policy on immigration.[128][129]

Javid has argued against EU citizens having preferential rights to live and work in the UK after Brexit,[130] saying, "There's no magical reason it should be only from the EU and I think being a global Britain means that should be from across the world." This was seen to be at loggerheads with Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond.[131] Javid has said that EU citizens who have lived in the UK for at least five years would be eligible for a new "settled status" in the country post-Brexit.[citation needed]

Child chess prodigy Shreyas Royal was allowed to stay in the UK after Javid personally intervened in the case under "exceptional talent" rules; it is very rare for the talent of a child to be a consideration in an immigration case.[132]

Javid unveiled plans at Cabinet for a crackdown on the number of low-skilled migrants coming to the UK after Britain leaves the EU, despite objections from Hammond and Greg Clark, the Business Secretary. It represented a significant victory for May and Javid and came after months of "Cabinet clashes" over the issue.[133]

Asylum and re-migration edit
See also: Bethnal Green trio and Shamima Begum

In January 2019, Javid suggested denying asylum to asylum-seekers coming across the English Channel, questioning whether they were "genuine" and vowing to "do everything we [the UK] can to make sure that you are often not successful".[134] This was objected to as a violation of international law by bodies such as the Refugee Council[134] and Amnesty International.[135]

Javid made similar comments in February of that year when he said that British citizens who joined ISIS would not be allowed to return to the United Kingdom,[136] despite a statement from the Justice Secretary David Gauke to the contrary.[137] On 19 February, Javid revoked the British citizenship of Shamima Begum, a British 19-year-old who left to join ISIS in 2015, when she was 16. He said that she had Bangladeshi citizenship, the country of her mother which she had never lived in, but both the Bangladesh state authorities and Begum denied this.[138] The government had already failed in a similar move involving statelessness and Britons of Bangladeshi descent in 2017.[138]

This move enjoyed widespread popular support in the UK, with 78% of voters in a Sky News poll saying that Javid was right to strip her of her citizenship.[139] However, Guardian journalist Amy Walker suggested that this feeling was not wholly shared in the area in which she formerly resided, Bethnal Green, and that many residents of the area did not believe she posed a threat or could not be reintegrated.[140] Javid's decision was also opposed by Church of England bishops[141] and Javid's political opponent, Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott, who said that the move was a breach of Begum's human rights. Amnesty International stated that revoking Begum's citizenship was "morally and legally questionable".[142]

On 8 March 2019, it was announced by Begum's family and officers of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria that Begum's newborn son had died. Javid was widely criticised for his actions, and held directly culpable for the death of the boy, Jarrah,[143] by a number of commentators, including British human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith.[144]

Police and crime edit

 
Home Secretary Javid, addressing a 2019 Conference on confronting extremism

In 2018, his first speech to the Police Federation, Javid said, "I'm listening and I get it".[124] He then promised a shift in priorities in a bid to better protect police officers in the next Home Office spending review. In his speech, Javid gave his support to stop and search powers.[citation needed]

In July 2018, Javid announced the UK government would not object to the United States seeking the death penalty[127] for two suspected British members of ISIL, waiving its long-standing objection to foreign executions.[145][146]

In response to the child sexual exploitation scandal, Javid ordered research into why men convicted of grooming-gang sex crimes are disproportionately of Pakistani origin. He has argued that "we need an honest, open debate on child sexual exploitation, including racial motivation".[147] The decision won praise, with Trevor Phillips suggesting "in his assault on liberal guilt over race, Sajid Javid is putting his Labour opponents to shame"[148] and Camilla Cavendish commented that the "home secretary's heritage gives him a powerful voice against groomers".[149]

Javid vowed to use counter-terrorism powers to strip dual citizens involved in child-grooming gangs and other serious crimes of their British citizenship.[150][better source needed] In December 2018, in what may be the first case of its kind, a man's dual citizenship was removed on the basis that when he applied to be a UK citizen he lied about the fact he was sexually abusing a child.[151]

Javid launched an investigation into the Home Office's handling of forced marriage cases[152] after The Times revealed that abusers are being handed visas.[153] In a series of tweets, he said: "We will be doing more to combat it and support victims. Those who force British women into marriage, be warned that we are redoubling our efforts to make sure you pay for your crimes."[154][153]

Javid rejected a cross-party demand to introduce exclusion zones around all abortion centres in England and Wales, saying it would not be a "proportionate response". More than 150 MPs wrote to Javid, shortly after he took over from Rudd, calling on him to introduce a national ban.[155]

In 2018, Javid showed concern for the growing child abuse online making the use of technology insecure for children. He spoke at the NSPCC headquarters for online child sexual exploitation held on 3 September 2018.[156] During his speech he announced the allocation of £21.5m for the investigation of the online child sex offenders on different technological and social platforms. He also announced the allocation of £26m for prevention activities to be carried out by different bodies.[157]

Drug policy edit

Javid used an exceptional power as home secretary to issue a licence for a child with acute epilepsy to be treated with medical cannabis oil as a matter of urgency.[158][159] Javid also launched a new panel to consider applications from patients seeking to use cannabis oil and announced a review of medicinal cannabis.[160]

Following advice from the Chief Medical Officer and the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Javid announced that medicinal cannabis will be available for prescription on the NHS.[161][125] Javid, writing in The Times, stated that prescribing medicinal cannabis was not a step towards legalisation for recreational use.[125]

Security edit

 
Home Secretary Javid with Kirstjen Nielsen, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, May 2018

In February 2019, Javid laid an order in Parliament adding Hezbollah's political wing to the UK's list of proscribed terror organisations.[162]

In 2018, Javid was a keynote speaker at the Conservative Friends of Israel Conference and stated he intends to strengthen the partnership between UK and Israel, "especially in security".[163]

In 2019, Javid announced the government would increase funding for the security of synagogues, schools and other Jewish centres.[164] The government's new pledge will bring the amount it has allocated to the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant to £65.2 million since its introduction in 2015.[165]

In response to the Christchurch mosque shootings, Javid warned social media firms that they would face the "force of the law" if they did not do more to remove extremist content and announced a forthcoming online harms white paper, which is expected to introduce legal regulation of online publishers and social media, including new censorship rules.[166]

Javid has condemned some critics of the government's Prevent anti-terror scheme for being "on the side of the extremists."[167]

Equality edit

Javid vowed to tackle anti-LGBT hate crime and set up a new LGBT Advisory Panel to deliver the Government's action plan. Javid apologised for historical homophobia within the Home Office: "Undercover police were instructed to loiter in bars, entrap gay men and put them in jail. Let me tell you, as the current Home Secretary, that was wrong, wrong, wrong, and I'm sorry that it ever happened".[168][better source needed]

Javid announced a full Law commission review of hate crime, including the possible addition of new "protected characteristics" such as misogyny and age in the same way as offences motivated by hostility based on race, religion, sexual orientation or disability. In 2018, charities estimated around one million older people were victims of physical, financial, psychological and sexual abuse each year. However, criminal convictions were rare and sentences considered lenient.[169][better source needed]

Chancellor of the Exchequer edit

 
Chancellorship of Sajid Javid
24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Sajid Javid
PartyConservative
Election2019
Nominated byBoris Johnson
Appointed byElizabeth II
Seat11 Downing Street
 

On 24 July 2019, Javid was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in the new Boris Johnson cabinet. Upon his appointment, he tweeted that he was looking forward to working at the Treasury to prepare the United Kingdom for leaving the EU.[170] In his first media intervention after becoming Chancellor, Javid pledged in The Sunday Telegraph to overhaul the Treasury's approach to Brexit, beginning with "significant extra funding" to get Britain ready to leave with or without a deal.[171]

In September 2019, Javid stood by Johnson's statement to suspend parliament and leave the EU. He confirmed that though Johnson would be looking for a new deal in the 17 October Council in Brussels, he would not ask for extension of Article 50 and hence the UK would leave the EU come 31 October.[172] On 26 January 2020, a 50p coin to mark Brexit was unveiled by Javid, bearing the inscription 'Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations' and the new leaving date of 31 January.[173] Javid helped raise thousands of pounds at the Jewish Care business breakfast by auctioning a Brexit 50p coin, co-signed by himself and Boris Johnson.[174]

Javid intervened to ensure Andrew Bailey was appointed as Governor of the Bank of England. Dominic Cummings had lobbied for appointment of Andy Haldane to take over from Mark Carney as Governor.[175]

Resignation edit

Tensions between 10 Downing Street and Treasury had come to a head during August 2019, when the prime minister's chief adviser Dominic Cummings relieved one of Chancellor Javid's aides, Sonia Khan, of her employment, without Javid's permission and without informing him. It was alleged that, during her dismissal, Cummings "went outside No 10 and asked an armed officer to enter the building and escort Khan off the premises."[176] Javid "voiced anger" to Johnson over the dismissal of Khan[177] and Cummings faced the prospect of a probe by a governmental ethics watchdog following the dismissal.[178] In November 2019, following questions of a rift between Johnson and Javid, Johnson gave his assurance that he would retain Javid as Chancellor following the 2019 general election.[179]

However, in the weeks leading up to the reshuffle, a number of briefings in the press had suggested that a new economic ministry led by Rishi Sunak might be established, to reduce the power and political influence of the Treasury. Sunak was considered to be a Johnson loyalist, seen as the "rising star" minister who had ably represented the prime minister during the 2019 election debates.[180][181] By February 2020, it was reported that Javid would remain in his role as Chancellor and that Sunak would stay on as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, in order to "keep an eye" on Javid.[182]

On 13 February 2020, the day of the reshuffle, Javid resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer, following a meeting with the prime minister.[183] During the meeting, Johnson had offered to let him keep his position on the condition that he fire all of his advisers at the Treasury, to be replaced with individuals selected by Number 10.[184] Upon resigning, Javid told PA Media that "no self-respecting minister would accept those terms".[185]

The Chancellor's resignation was unexpected, given Johnson's commitment to retain Javid within the Cabinet and recent reports that an alternative finance ministry would not be made. Robert Shrimsley, chief political commentator of the Financial Times, stated that the prime minister's choices at the time risked damaging the government, that "good government often depends on senior ministers – and the Chancellor in particular – being able to fight bad ideas".[186] Javid became the first Chancellor in 50 years not to deliver a budget. His time as Chancellor, 204 days, at the time represented the second-fewest days in office since the Second World War.[187]

Return to the backbenches edit

Javid returned to being a backbench MP after resigning as Chancellor. In his first speech as a backbencher, after Prime Minister's Questions, he said that he felt he still had "more to give" in regards to his political future.[188]

In June 2020, Javid announced that he would be working with the Centre for Social Justice think tank to lead an inquiry into child sexual abuse in the UK. He wrote in The Daily Telegraph of his concern that the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown was leading to a surge in child sexual abuse cases.[189]

Javid was a senior fellow at Harvard University's Harvard Kennedy School, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government in 2020–2021.[190]

In August 2020, Javid began in a paid role as a senior adviser to JPMorgan Chase. He joined on the bank's Europe, Middle East and Africa advisory council.[191] His appointment was criticised by Labour MP Zarah Sultana as "undermining democracy" and she advocated the banning of MPs from taking second jobs.[192]

Health Secretary edit

Javid replaced Matt Hancock as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 26 June 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, following Hancock's resignation.[193]

Javid took over the prominent role in the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant was driving a third wave in cases across the country. Despite this, Javid confirmed that he would push for an end to public health restrictions, saying: "We are going to have to learn to accept the existence of COVID and find ways to cope with it – just as we already do with flu", a strategy supported by other Conservative MPs but prompting criticism from some scientists and health experts.[194][195][196] He said the country could have as many as "100,000 daily cases", while pushing for relaxation of social distancing and self-isolation rules, and saying "there is no going back".[197]

On 17 July 2021, Javid tested positive for COVID-19.[198] Eight days later, he reported that he had recovered. He was criticised for insensitivity by several opposition MPs and the pressure group Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice for saying "if you haven't yet – get your jab, as we learn to live with, rather than cower from, this virus".[199][200][201] Javid later deleted the tweet and apologised for the "cower" remark, stating: "It was a poor choice of word" and that he was "expressing gratitude that the vaccines help us fight back as a society."[202]

In early September 2021, although the JCVI "failed to recommend COVID-19 vaccines for healthy 12- to 15-year-olds, and instead advised that more children with underlying health conditions and vulnerable relatives should be offered the jab",[203] Javid announced a plan to make vaccines available for the age group.[204] Javid also announced plans to make COVID-19 vaccines compulsory for all NHS and care home staff. He was warned of staff shortages as a result of this policy.[205][206]

In a press conference in October 2021, Javid rejected calls to reintroduce general public health measures such face mask mandates and more home working, as COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths began to rise. He warned the country could report 100,000 daily cases over the winter. He encouraged the public to follow government advice and for those who had not been vaccinated to do so.[207][208]

Resignation edit

 
Javid (left) and Rishi Sunak (right) (the first two cabinet members to resign on 5 July) pictured with Boris Johnson (centre)

On 5 July 2022, Javid resigned as Health Secretary, in the fallout from controversy around sexual assault by former Deputy Chief Whip Chris Pincher, and suppression of reports by the Conservative Party.[209] Javid said that he had originally given Johnson the benefit of the doubt, but decided to resign following a Parliament prayer breakfast about integrity in public life.[210] In his resignation letter to Boris Johnson, Javid said: "The tone you set as a leader, and the values you represent, reflect on your colleagues, your party and ultimately the country. Conservatives at their best are seen as hard-headed decision-makers, guided by strong values. We may not have always been popular, but we have been competent in acting in the national interest. Sadly, in the current circumstances, the public are concluding that we are now neither."[211][212]

On 6 July 2022, Javid delivered in addition to the letter a personal statement in the House of Commons, calling on colleagues to consider following his lead of resigning from cabinet. He mentioned "enough is enough" and "I also believe a team is as good as its team captain, and that a captain is as good as his or her team. So loyalty must go both ways. The events of recent months have made it increasingly difficult to be in that team."[213][214][215]

Following the resignations of Javid and Sunak, numerous junior ministers and among the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) also resigned, most of whom cited a lack of honesty and integrity on the part of Johnson. In the following 24 hours, 36 MPs resigned from their roles in government. This marked both the largest number of ministerial resignations in a 24-hour period since the British Empire Economic Conference in 1932, and the largest number of such resignations on record. After a total of 62 resignations, Johnson announced on 7 July his intention to resign as Conservative leader and prime minister, but said he would remain prime minister until a new leader was in place.

Return to the backbenches edit

Javid supported Liz Truss during the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, and Rishi Sunak in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.

In December 2022, Javid said that he would not stand for re-election at the next general election.[216]

Political positions edit

Brexit edit

In 2016, Javid became a supporter of remaining in the European Union as a member of the Britain Stronger in Europe advocacy group in the EU referendum campaign. In the event, the public narrowly voted to leave the EU, resulting in Brexit, the UK's withdrawal from the European Union. Javid was a supporter of the single market, describing it as a "great invention, one that even Prime Minister Thatcher campaigned enthusiastically to create."[107]

Javid is known to have historically held Eurosceptic views; as a student in 1990 he was thrown out of the Conservative Party conference for handing out leaflets opposing Britain joining the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, the forerunner of the single currency.[18]

In 2015, Javid was an advocate for holding an EU referendum.[26] While pro-Brexit Conservatives had long assumed he would join the Leave campaign, in the end he backed Remain. He was not often seen as very committed to that cause, and subsequently[when?] became a Leave supporter.[217] While Javid said this was not as a result of pressure from either David Cameron or George Osborne, the Financial Times reported that Osborne "got the thumbscrews out" because it would have been completely unacceptable for a Conservative Business Secretary to have advocated Brexit.[74]

Javid has maintained his position that politicians should respect the result of the referendum, and when judges ruled that the PM could not trigger the formal Brexit process without Parliament's backing, Javid accused British High Court judges of attempting to thwart the will of the British people.[218]

Since the referendum Javid said that he was sceptical of softer Brexit options such as remaining in the customs union, saying the free trade area was an "intrinsic" part of the European Union and that voters had given "clear instructions" when they voted to Leave.[217]

In 2019, Javid said he considered the Brexit Party not to be extremist and praised Nigel Farage: "I applaud Nigel Farage for walking away, calling UKIP thugs and extremists." The move was seen by some as an effort by the Conservative Party to "extend an olive branch" to the Brexit Party.[219]

As Chancellor, Javid drew up plans for millions of 50p Brexit coins to be minted in time for Britain's departure from the EU. Javid's proposal for the coins to be produced for mass circulation was portrayed as a statement of intent that the Treasury is fully behind Brexit, in contrast to previous Chancellor Philip Hammond.[220] In January 2020, Javid said regarding the future relationship with the EU: "There will not be alignment, we will not be a ruletaker, we will not be in the single market and we will not be in the customs union – and we will do this by the end of the year".[221]

Israel and Palestine edit

Javid was regarded[when?] as one of Israel's staunchest supporters in the Cabinet,[222] and is a long-time supporter of Conservative Friends of Israel.[103] At a 2012 event hosted by them, he said he would, out of all the countries in the Middle East, choose Israel as home: only there, he said, would his children feel the warm embrace of freedom and liberty.[223]

Addressing the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in 2017, Javid commented that attempts to block contacts with Israel are failing, and that the government will "celebrate the Balfour centenary with pride".[224] Ronald Lauder, president of the WJC, said the global Jewish community "treasured" Mr Javid as a staunch friend of the Jewish people.[224]

At a joint meeting between the American Jewish Committee and the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Javid told his audience, "As long as I am in government, as long as I am in politics, I promise you that I will do everything within my power to fight back against those who seek to isolate and undermine Israel".[225]

At the Conservative Friends of Israel Conference of 2018, Javid explained how a school trip to Israel by his brother forty years ago set off his lifelong support for Israel and added, "my dad explained the history, how it came about and why it is such a special place. Since then I always wanted to visit." Javid visited when he and his wife spent their honeymoon there.[226]

Visit to the Western Wall edit

In 2019, Javid became the first British minister in 19 years to visit the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. Visits to the Western Wall by foreign dignitaries are opposed by Palestinians, who say they legitimise Israeli claims to the eastern half of the city, which they claim for the capital of a future Palestinian state.[227][228]

Javid was advised by officials not to visit the Western Wall during a visit to Israel because of "long-standing policy of over two-decades". In January 2020, at the reception of Conservative Friends of Israel, he told the audience that his response was – "You know what? I told them to 'get stuffed' and I went anyway".[229]

Campaign against BDS edit

See also: Boycotts of Israel

Javid has a history of campaigning against Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). In 2014, he told attendees at the Union of Jewish Students conference that he will "always be proud to stand up and resist calls for boycotts of Israel".[230] In 2015, as Culture Secretary, Javid advised The Board of Deputies that he had "no tolerance for cultural boycotts of Israel".[102]

In 2016, as Communities Secretary, Javid announced measures to prevent British councils from imposing boycotts of Israel[231] and issued local authorities' with investment guidance affecting Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).[115]

In 2018, at a Conservative Friends of Israel conference, Javid detailed his parliamentary record against BDS: "When I became the Business Secretary I was lobbied every day to support the BDS campaign. I thought the best reaction is obviously not to support the campaign but to do everything I could to boost trade with Israel."[163]

Affiliations edit

Javid paid subscriptions to pro-Brexit group the European Research Group (ERG) from 2013 to 2016.[232][233]

Political influences edit

Thatcherism edit

Javid's father inspired a devotion to Margaret Thatcher in Javid: "My dad lived through the Winter of Discontent and used to vote Labour, but switched to Thatcher, saying, 'look how she's sorting out the country'. I agreed".[234]

Javid has spoken of Thatcher's handling of the Falklands Conflict as a defining moment, saying, "That was a big moment for me in understanding war and how it happens, and admiring Margaret Thatcher and her decisiveness. That's how my political awareness really took off."[26]

In 2013, when he became Financial Secretary to the Treasury, he rejected works of art from the Government Art Collection and personalised his office with a portrait of Thatcher.[235] Javid was described by Tim Montgomerie as the "first of Thatcher's children".[236]

Javid met the former Prime Minister at a Conservative Party fundraiser in his late twenties and at the meeting Thatcher purportedly said, "Sajid, you will protect our great island."[237][37]

The Fountainhead edit

In 2018, activist Tim Montgomerie wrote that Javid "identifies the libertarian writer Ayn Rand as an inspiration".[222] Javid recounted once that he regularly reread the courtroom scene from her novel The Fountainhead, saying that he admired its description of "the power of the individual ... sticking up for your beliefs, against popular opinion".[34] At a Crossbench Film Society event, Javid chose to introduce the film version of The Fountainhead[238] and described the profound effect it had on him after watching it as a 12-year-old.[239] Javid's wife once threatened to divorce him if he did not stop reading The Fountainhead aloud to her.[240]

Javid said in 2019 that he had never believed in Rand's philosophy of Objectivism, stating he is instead motivated by altruism and appreciates The Fountainhead because he identifies with the main protagonist: "It's about the underdog. Whatever Howard Roark wanted to do there were people lining up against him and saying—'no, you will fail'—and he kept going right to the end".[240]

 
John Bolton (right), then U.S. National Security Advisor meeting Javid at 11 Downing Street

Neoconservatism edit

Javid has been a regular attendee and speaker[241] at US neoconservative thinktank American Enterprise Institute's (AEI) annual conference,[238] whose members include Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz and John Bolton.[b] Javid has consistently supported foreign military intervention, having voted for intervening in Gaddafi's Libya, as well as air strikes in Iraq and Syria.[241][243]

In March 2014, Javid accused then-Labour Party leader Ed Miliband of having some responsibility for the crisis in Crimea, alleging that there was "a direct link" between Miliband's refusal to support military intervention in Syria and the subsequent Russian activity in Ukraine.[244]

In 2018, Javid declared in his Commons register of interests that the AEI had paid £9,266 to fund his trip to the conference in Georgia.[245]

Personal life edit

Family edit

Javid was raised in a two-bed flat above a shop in Bristol with four brothers. His brother[citation needed] Bas Javid was Commander of Solihull Police division,[246] and later promoted as Commander at Scotland Yard, in charge of front-line policing. Bas Javid had previously served in the Royal Navy, wherein his military service included the Gulf War, for which he received a commendation for teamwork and bravery.[246]

In 1997, Javid married his childhood sweetheart Laura King, whom he met while sharing a stapler at the local Commercial Union branch during a summer job.[247][20] She is a church-going Christian and they have four children.[14] The couple had their honeymoon in Israel.[226][163] Their children are privately educated, something that Javid attributed to the couple's desire to "do what's best for them".[7] The family own properties in Fulham, Chelsea, Bristol and Bromsgrove.[20][248] They own a Cavapoo named 'Bailey', which featured prominently in Javid's 2019 campaign video to be Conservative Party leader.[249]

Javid's eldest brother Tariq died in July 2018 in "an unnatural death";[250] a full inquest was held, in which the coroner ruled Tariq had intentionally killed himself after drinking alcohol and taking codeine at the luxury South Lodge Hotel, which was near his home in Horsham. In a letter left to Sylvia, his partner of 15 years, Tariq suggested that, due to ill health, he would not "last long". Tariq was a successful businessman and managed a supermarket chain.[251]

His other siblings are Khalid, a financial advisor, and Atif, a multi-millionaire property tycoon.[250]

Before he became an MP, Javid was briefly a director of Atif's main investment vehicle, SA Capital.[252]

Religion edit

Javid is said to have received religious hate mail in the form of a "Punish a Muslim day" parcel; as of March 2018, he was the fifth British MP to receive such abuse.[253] While his family's heritage is Muslim, Javid himself is non-practising[7] but has remarked that he was 'the first Muslim Home Secretary to be invited (to the iftar)',[37] whereas his wife is a practising Christian.[10] Addressing a church-hosted husting in his inaugural election campaign for Bromsgrove on 22 April 2010, Javid told the audience:[254]

My own family's heritage is Muslim. Myself and my four brothers were brought up to believe in God, but I do not practise any religion. My wife is a practising Christian and the only religion practised in my house is Christianity.[9][10]

Javid has said that it is "lazy" and "wrong" to suggest terror has nothing to do with Islam.[255] Speaking at a Muslim News Awards ceremony in 2017, Javid said that those who attack and kill in the name of Islam had no right to do so and that "we can't deny that these people think they are Muslims. They identify as Muslims. They genuinely believe they are acting for the glory of Islam."[256] Javid wrote in The Times that, "there's a special, unique burden on the Muslim community" to do something about terrorism.[257]

Javid has criticised those in the Muslim community who question his Muslim faith and refer to him as a "Coconut" or an "Uncle Tom".[64][254]

In March 2019, Wayne Kirby, a Tommy Robinson supporter, was jailed for 28 days for posting threatening and abusive comments on Facebook about Javid. Kirby referred to Javid as "a Muslim terrorist" and threatened Javid would be "hung, drawn and quartered" if anything happened to Robinson.[258]

In 2021, Javid said he was rejected early in his political career by a Conservative Association to be their candidate because of his religion and that an Association Chairman has explained: "some members didn't think locals would vote for a Muslim to be their MP".[259]

Notes edit

  1. ^ This is the commonly reported age but the Conservative Party website says it was at the age of 24,[24] amongst other sources.[25][26]
  2. ^ In 2016, as Business Secretary, Javid turned down meeting with Welsh MPs to discuss steel crisis and instead attended American Enterprise Institute conference,[242]

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sajid, javid, born, december, 1969, british, politician, served, secretary, state, health, social, care, from, june, 2021, july, 2022, having, previously, served, home, secretary, from, 2018, 2019, chancellor, exchequer, from, 2019, 2020, member, conservative,. Sajid Javid ˈ s ae dʒ ɪ d ˈ dʒ ae v ɪ d born 5 December 1969 is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from June 2021 to July 2022 having previously served as Home Secretary from 2018 to 2019 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2019 to 2020 A member of the Conservative Party he has been Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove since 2010 The Right HonourableSajid JavidMPOfficial portrait 2021Secretary of State for Health and Social CareIn office 26 June 2021 5 July 2022Prime MinisterBoris JohnsonPreceded byMatt HancockSucceeded bySteve BarclayChancellor of the ExchequerIn office 24 July 2019 13 February 2020Prime MinisterBoris JohnsonPreceded byPhilip HammondSucceeded byRishi SunakHome SecretaryIn office 30 April 2018 24 July 2019Prime MinisterTheresa MayPreceded byAmber RuddSucceeded byPriti PatelSecretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government a In office 13 July 2016 30 April 2018Prime MinisterTheresa MayPreceded byGreg ClarkSucceeded byJames BrokenshireSecretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills President of the Board of TradeIn office 12 May 2015 13 July 2016Prime MinisterDavid CameronPreceded byVince CableSucceeded byGreg ClarkSecretary of State for Culture Media and SportIn office 9 April 2014 11 May 2015Prime MinisterDavid CameronPreceded byMaria MillerSucceeded byJohn WhittingdaleMinister for EqualitiesIn office 9 April 2014 15 July 2014Prime MinisterDavid CameronPreceded byMaria MillerSucceeded byNicky MorganJunior ministerial officesFinancial Secretary to the TreasuryIn office 7 October 2013 9 April 2014Prime MinisterDavid CameronPreceded byGreg ClarkSucceeded byNicky MorganEconomic Secretary to the TreasuryIn office 4 September 2012 7 October 2013Prime MinisterDavid CameronPreceded byChloe SmithSucceeded byNicky MorganMember of Parliamentfor BromsgroveIncumbentAssumed office 6 May 2010Preceded byJulie KirkbrideMajority23 106 42 6 Personal detailsBorn 1969 12 05 5 December 1969 age 53 Rochdale Lancashire EnglandPolitical partyConservativeSpouseLaura King m 1997 wbr Children4ResidencesBristol England Chelsea London Fulham LondonEducationDownend SchoolFilton CollegeAlma materUniversity of Exeter BA OccupationPolitician economist former bankerSignatureWebsitewww wbr sajidjavid wbr com Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from July 2016 until January 2018Born in Rochdale Lancashire to a British Pakistani family Javid was raised largely in Bristol He studied Economics and Politics at the University of Exeter where he joined the Conservative Party Working in banking he rose to become a managing director at Deutsche Bank He was elected to the House of Commons in May 2010 Under the coalition government of David Cameron he was a Junior Treasury Minister before being promoted to Cameron s Cabinet as Culture Secretary following Maria Miller s resignation Following the 2015 general election Cameron promoted Javid to Business Secretary Javid was a prominent supporter of the unsuccessful Britain Stronger in Europe campaign for the UK to remain in the European Union Following the 2016 referendum vote to leave the European Union he went on to serve under Cameron s successor Prime Minister Theresa May as Communities Secretary from 2016 to 2018 When Amber Rudd resigned as a result of the Windrush scandal in 2018 Javid was appointed as her successor as Home Secretary becoming the first British Asian to hold one of the Great Offices of State Following May s resignation Javid stood for election as Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 leadership contest finishing in fourth place The successful candidate Boris Johnson appointed him Chancellor of the Exchequer in his first Cabinet Javid resigned as Chancellor during the February 2020 cabinet reshuffle after refusing a demand from Johnson and his chief adviser Dominic Cummings that he dismiss his advisers and was succeeded by Rishi Sunak In June 2021 following the resignation of Matt Hancock he was reappointed to Johnson s cabinet as Health Secretary This made him a prominent figure in the U K government response to the COVID 19 pandemic which he supported an end to most generalised public health restrictions such as face mask mandates until the emergence of the highly transmissible Deltacron hybrid variant from June 2021 until the end of March 2022 and he also expanded the COVID 19 vaccination programme in the United Kingdom Following Chris Pincher scandal Javid resigned as Health Secretary on 5 July 2022 and was the first of 62 Conservative MPs to resign during the government and political crisis which culminated in Johnson s own resignation He was succeeded by Steve Barclay Javid stood to replace Johnson in the July September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election but withdrew from the race before he could be nominated and subsequently returned to the backbenches In December 2022 Javid said that he would not stand for re election at the next UK general election due to be held in autumn 2024 1 Contents 1 Early life 1 1 Early political activism 2 Banking career 3 Political career 3 1 Member of Parliament 3 1 1 Political recognition 3 1 2 Campaign against anti Semitism 3 1 3 Criticism 3 2 Conservative leadership elections 3 2 1 Joint leadership bid 2016 3 2 2 Conservative leadership bid 2019 3 2 3 Conservative leadership bid 2022 3 3 Early Parliamentary years 2010 2013 3 3 1 Treasury ministerial roles 3 4 Culture Secretary 3 5 Business Secretary 3 6 Communities Secretary 3 7 Home Secretary 3 7 1 Immigration 3 7 1 1 Asylum and re migration 3 7 2 Police and crime 3 7 3 Drug policy 3 7 4 Security 3 7 5 Equality 3 8 Chancellor of the Exchequer 3 8 1 Resignation 3 9 Return to the backbenches 3 10 Health Secretary 3 10 1 Resignation 3 11 Return to the backbenches 4 Political positions 4 1 Brexit 4 2 Israel and Palestine 4 2 1 Visit to the Western Wall 4 2 2 Campaign against BDS 4 3 Affiliations 5 Political influences 5 1 Thatcherism 5 2 The Fountainhead 5 3 Neoconservatism 6 Personal life 6 1 Family 6 2 Religion 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksEarly life editJavid was born on 5 December 1969 in Rochdale Lancashire one of five sons of Pakistani Punjabi immigrant parents 2 3 His family were farmers from the village of Rajana near Toba Tek Singh Punjab from where they migrated to the UK in the 1960s 4 His father worked as a bus driver 5 His mother did not speak English until she had been in the UK for ten years 6 His family moved from Lancashire to Stapleton Road Bristol as his parents took over a shop there and the family lived in a two bedroom flat above it 7 Javid is able to hold a conversation in broken Punjabi 8 Despite having an Islamic upbringing Javid no longer practises any religion 9 10 As a teenager Javid developed an interest in financial markets following the Thatcher government s privatisations He says that at the age of fourteen he borrowed 500 from a bank to invest in shares and became a regular reader of the Financial Times 7 From 1981 to 1986 Javid attended Downend School a state comprehensive near Bristol At school it was recommended that he should be a TV repairman Javid has said he was told that he could not study maths at O Level so he had to get his father to pay for it 11 When he later witnessed a video showing an assault on a Syrian refugee he remarked that it was reminiscent of bullying he had experienced at school 12 Javid said he faced racial abuse when younger being called a Paki and having faced abuse from National Front skinheads 13 Speaking in 2014 Javid said that while at school I was naughty more interested in watching Grange Hill than homework 7 After being told by his school that he could only study two A Levels when he believed he needed three to go to university 11 Javid subsequently attended Filton Technical College from 1986 to 1988 and finally the University of Exeter from 1988 to 1991 completing a BA in economics and politics 14 Javid was a trustee of the London Early Years Foundation a governor of Normand Croft Community School and has led an expedition to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania the highest mountain in Africa to show his support of Help the Aged 15 Early political activism edit At university he joined the Conservative Party 16 17 In 1990 aged 20 Javid attended the annual Conservative Party Conference for the first time and campaigned against the Thatcher government s decision that year to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism ERM He was handing out leaflets against the policy when he first met TV presenter Jeremy Paxman He has since said that Paxman first interviewed him at that same conference 18 From 1992 until 1996 he lived in New York City and rose to become the youngest vice president of Chase Manhattan Bank 19 and during this period he had a spell as an aide to Republican nominee Rudy Giuliani s successful 1993 New York mayoral campaign 20 19 In 1998 Javid was selected as prospective Parliamentary candidate for Brent North However he later withdrew 21 He worked as an adviser to Conservative MP Gary Streeter the then Shadow Secretary of State for International Development 20 Banking career editJavid had an 18 year City career during which he rose to become a board member of Deutsche Bank International 22 Javid joined Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City immediately after graduation working mostly in Latin America and selling Mexican government bonds prior to the Mexican peso crisis 23 Aged 25 a he became a vice president 24 27 A 2012 article says he was vice chairman although his own website among others affirms the more probable claim that he was a vice president a more junior role at the bank 28 29 He returned to London in 1997 and later joined Deutsche Bank as a director in 2000 In 2004 he became a managing director at Deutsche Bank and the following year global head of Emerging Markets Structuring 30 He was also an Advisor to Lufthansa in Germany In 2007 he relocated to Singapore as head of Deutsche Bank s credit trading equity convertibles commodities and private equity businesses in Asia 31 32 and was appointed a board member of Deutsche Bank International Limited He left Deutsche Bank in 2009 to pursue a career in politics His earnings at Deutsche Bank would have been roughly 3 million a year at the time he left 33 and the Evening Standard once estimated his career change would have required him to take a 98 pay cut 34 Javid applied for and held non domicile status for six years during his banking career which allowed him to avoid paying tax in the UK on his overseas earnings 35 Political career editMember of Parliament edit On 28 May 2009 the sitting MP for Bromsgrove Julie Kirkbride announced that she would be standing down at the next general election in light of the expenses scandal Kirkbride had represented the constituency since 1997 Her resignation was confirmed in December 2009 after she attempted to withdraw it 36 nbsp Stuart Popham left and Javid at the 2011 Conservative Party Conference in ManchesterAfter a selection contest held by the Bromsgrove Conservative Association on 6 February 2010 in which he received over 70 of the votes cast by its members Javid was announced as the official Conservative Party parliamentary candidate for the 2010 general election The other candidates up for selection included Ruth Davidson 37 and Tina Stowell 38 On 6 May 2010 Javid received 22 558 votes winning the seat by a majority of 11 308 votes 39 In terms of the number of votes cast in the constituency this was an increase on the majority of 10 080 at the previous general election 40 though was a reduction when compared both to the actual number of votes his predecessor had received 24 387 and to the Conservatives percentage share of the vote 43 7 versus 51 0 in 2005 The constituency s boundaries had reformed prior to the election 41 In the 2019 general election Javid received 34 408 votes and was returned as the MP for Bromsgrove receiving 63 4 of the vote and increasing his already sizeable majority to 23 106 over Labour 42 Political recognition edit According to former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw those MPs first elected in 2010 are the best new MPs for over thirty years and he identified Javid as one of six Conservative MPs that he believed had already made an impact in the first term 43 Javid was also one of six new MPs profiled by the Financial Times and was named as the Newcomer of 2010 by the ConservativeHome blog 44 45 In October 2012 Iain Dale in The Daily Telegraph included Javid in his list of Top 100 most influential figures from the Right 29 Dale wrote His fast rise up the greasy pole into George Osborne s inner circle is not only proof of this man s ambition but also his talent Nicholas Watt in The Guardian also suggested that Javid could rise to the top 46 In The Times 2014 right wing power list Javid moved up 18 places to No 8 with the article stating that he had emerged as the senior member of the 2010 intake and that if the Tories want to jump a generation then a Javid leadership candidacy would provide the opportunity 47 The 2014 GG2 Power List ranked Javid as the most influential British Asian 48 and at the accompanying GG2 Leadership Awards event on 5 November 2014 then Prime Minister David Cameron described Javid as the brilliant Asian man who I asked to join the Cabinet and said that I want to hear that title Prime Minister followed by a British Asian name 49 In July 2014 Forbes magazine compared Javid to Barack Obama and suggested that Javid could become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 50 In January 2015 Javid was awarded the Politician of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards 51 In November 2017 Sajid Javid won Patchwork Foundation s MP of the Year Award 52 In June 2018 a polling of Tory activists on ConservativeHome showed Javid was popular as a potential party leader The poll is seen as a reliable barometer of grassroots opinion although it is known to shift quickly 53 A separate poll of Conservative Party members by YouGov in July 2018 also showed he had high levels of support to become party leader 54 YouGov found Javid reached the height of the charts on two measures with 64 thinking he is up to the job and 69 calling him competent Campaign against anti Semitism edit Javid s appointment as Home Secretary was welcomed by a number of Jewish organisations including the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council 55 Previously as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Javid wrote to all local council leaders to ask them to adopt the IHRA s definition of anti Semitism 56 In 2015 addressing the Holocaust Educational Trust s annual dinner the then Business Secretary Javid condemned dinner party anti Semites and said I can t remember the last time I spoke to a Jewish friend or colleague who hasn t at some point found themselves sitting awkwardly at a dinner party while a fellow guest railed against the international kosher conspiracy 57 In 2018 Javid suggested Jeremy Corbyn should quit as Labour leader following his decision to attend a 2014 wreath laying at a cemetery which contained the graves of many Palestinian activists including Salah Khalaf and Atef Bseiso members of the Black September Organization 58 Criticism edit In March 2018 Javid called Momentum neo fascist in the House of Commons chamber Momentum threatened legal action if he repeated the comment outside Parliament where parliamentary privilege does not protect him against a lawsuit MPs including Jon Trickett Chris Williamson Alex Sobel Clive Lewis and Caroline Lucas demanded Javid withdraw the statement and apologise 59 In July 2018 Javid back tracked after Jeremy Corbyn had threatened legal action for linking Corbyn with Holocaust denial Labour MPs accused Javid of peddling a lie and called on Theresa May to intervene 60 Javid rejected a request by the Muslim Council of Britain for an independent inquiry into allegations of Islamophobia within the Conservative Party 61 Javid said The Muslim Council of Britain MCB does not represent Muslims in this country and added we don t deal with the MCB Harun Khan the MCB s secretary general said it sadly indicates that the party has no interest in dealing with this matter with the seriousness it deserves 62 Javid was rebuked by MPs and human rights campaigners for tweeting about Asian paedophiles with the director of the Runnymede Trust commenting racialising this crime and focusing on the ethnicity of the sexual predators has done little to address why and how these victims were vulnerable to the prey of these sexual predators 63 64 The Independent suggested Javid had ulterior motives with an impending leadership battle and said If Javid imagines his racial and religious origins offer any defence to the charge of incendiary race baiting he must be out of his tiny mind 65 His comments were defended 66 by Fraser Nelson editor of The Spectator who said The way to stop populists is for mainstream politicians to address difficult and important issues calmly and directly Baroness Warsi has criticised Javid for dog whistling he should read what these people are saying because however much he dog whistles however much he panders to the right of our party sadly the right of our party still believe he s far too Muslim to be leader of the party 67 In August 2019 John McDonnell questioned Javid s suitability for the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer citing his background in sales of collateralized debt obligations CDOs and alleged links to tax avoidance schemes Javid held several senior executive positions in investment banking including a role with responsibility for sale of CDOs and during his time Deutsche Bank had operated a tax avoidance scheme known as dark blue that channelled bankers bonus payments through the Cayman Islands 68 Conservative leadership elections edit Joint leadership bid 2016 edit Further information 2016 Conservative Party leadership election In June 2016 following David Cameron s resignation after the result of the EU referendum Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Stephen Crabb announced that he would be standing in the 2016 Conservative leadership election 69 on a joint ticket with Javid 70 71 If Crabb became Prime Minister Javid would become Chancellor of the Exchequer 70 72 Crabb withdrew from the contest after the first round of voting amongst Conservative Members of Parliament Shortly after withdrawing his bid Crabb resigned from the Cabinet following allegations that he had sent suggestive messages to a young woman 73 In an interview with the Financial Times Javid said he had expected to be sacked when Theresa May became Prime Minister in July 2016 74 instead he was moved across in a re shuffle to Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Crabb subsequently took a post as Parliamentary Chairman of Conservative Friends of Israel 75 Conservative leadership bid 2019 edit Further information 2019 Conservative Party leadership election nbsp Official 2018 portrait of JavidIn May 2019 Javid launched his bid to become Conservative leader with pledge to deliver Brexit and to bridge divides by promoting the shared values which unite Britain 76 He finished in fourth place 77 Javid s campaign was advised by Matthew Elliott former chief executive of Vote Leave 78 The campaign received funding from both Remain and Leave supporting Conservative donors 79 Javid indicated he would be prepared to take Britain out of the EU without a deal and called for no deal preparations to be stepped up 80 Javid set out his Brexit strategy in a piece for the Daily Mail declaring no no no to the idea of allowing either another Brexit referendum an early general election or revoking of Article 50 Javid also proposed covering costs for implementing any new technology at the Irish border in a bid to try and break the deadlock over the Northern Ireland backstop 81 During the campaign Javid also opposed the prorogation of parliament in order to deliver Brexit He commented during the Channel 4 Conservative Party leadership debate You don t deliver on democracy by trashing democracy We re not selecting a dictator of our country 82 83 A third party tweet which contained part of this quote on his leadership campaign Twitter account was deleted on 29 August 2019 the day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson s controversial decision to prorogue parliament 84 In a BBC Radio 4 interview on 31 August Javid defended the prime minister s prorogation of parliament 85 The prorogation was ruled to be unlawful on 24 September by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 86 Javid said he was prepared to scrap the 45p rate of income tax entirely in a bid to inject more dynamism into the economy pointing to the fact that tax revenues increased after the decision to cut the 50p rate of income tax to 45p and his role in making the case for it when he worked in the Treasury 87 Javid was eliminated from the contest after achieving fewer votes than his three remaining competitors in the fourth round of voting 88 Conservative leadership bid 2022 edit On 10 July 2022 Javid announced his candidacy to replace Johnson in the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election 89 but withdrew prior to the first ballot 90 Early Parliamentary years 2010 2013 edit Javid was briefly a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee from June to November 2010 before relinquishing this position when he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary PPS to John Hayes then Minister of State for Further Education at the Department for Business Innovation and Skills 91 Javid was one of the first MPs to become a PPS from the 2010 intake On 14 October 2011 as part of a small reshuffle prompted by the resignation of Liam Fox as Defence Secretary Javid was promoted to become PPS to then Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne 92 93 Treasury ministerial roles edit nbsp Treasury minister Javid discussing payday lending with Jo Swinson at the Which ministerial credit visit in 2013In September 2012 Javid joined Osborne s Ministerial team as Economic Secretary to the Treasury He was later promoted to Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 7 October 2013 replacing Greg Clark 94 As Economic Secretary Javid was responsible for overseeing government plans for state owned Royal Bank of Scotland Group and Lloyds Banking Group 95 Javid proposed to scrap rebate taxes for overseas investors in a bid to boost the competitiveness of asset management in the UK 95 In 2013 Javid was influential in getting the beer duty escalator abolished and cutting beer duty for the first time in over a half century In his honour a commemorative beer was brewed called Sajid s Choice and served in the Strangers Bar at the House of Commons and sold locally in Bromsgrove 96 Culture Secretary edit See also 2014 British cabinet reshuffle On 9 April 2014 David Cameron appointed Javid to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport and Minister for Equalities following the resignation of Maria Miller over her expenses This made him the first MP to have been elected at the 2010 general election to join the Cabinet and the first British Pakistani MP to lead a Government Department Shortly after his appointment he was made a Privy Councillor 97 Javid defended media freedom and the right of the press to investigate wrongdoing by politicians and officials in his first appearance as Culture Secretary on BBC s Question Time programme The media are a cornerstone of our democracy their freedom is very important and if they want to investigate wrongdoing by politicians or any other public official they should do that and nothing should stop them from doing that 98 It was reported in May 2015 that in March Javid had opposed plans by then Home Secretary Theresa May to give Ofcom counter extremism powers to vet British television programmes before they were broadcast In a letter to David Cameron he commented that countries which had similar arrangements are not known for their compliance with rights related to freedom of expression and the Government may not wish to be associated with such regimes 99 His speech as Culture Secretary to the Union of Jewish Students Annual Conference 2014 about the importance of diversity and free expression in the world of culture 100 has been hailed by Isabel Hardman of The Spectator as one of the finest speeches from a government minister I have ever read 101 In 2015 at a Board of Deputies of British Jews hustings event Javid stated that publicly funded cultural institutions that boycott Israel risk having their government grants cut 102 Citing a boycott of the UK Jewish Film Festival 103 by the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn Javid said I have made it absolutely clear what might happen to their the theatre s funding if they try or if anyone tries that kind of thing again 102 British playwright Caryl Churchill raised concerns about political interference in the arts and questioned All Charlie Hebdo Except when freedom of expression means freedom to criticise Israel 104 Business Secretary edit See also Second Cameron ministry nbsp Lionel Barber and Javid 2015 Financial Times Summer Party Mondrian Hotel LondonFollowing the 2015 general election Javid was appointed as Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills in the new Conservative majority government under Prime Minister David Cameron He was at this time described as the most robust right winger in the cabinet and a true Thatcherite 105 After being appointed as Business Secretary Javid said that there would be significant changes to strike laws under the new Conservative government announcing that strikes affecting essential public services will need the backing of 40 of eligible union members under new government plans 106 Javid believed the UK ought to remain in the European Union He described himself as a Eurosceptic with no time for ever closer union but he wrote in The Daily Telegraph Just like Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and IMF head Christine Lagarde I still believe that Britain is better off in And that s all because of the Single Market It s a great invention one that even Lady Thatcher campaigned enthusiastically to create 107 In February 2017 it was revealed in court that Javid had ignored the advice of a senior civil servant in order to continue to grant export licences for weapons to Saudi Arabia despite allegations of war crimes in the Saudi Arabian led intervention in Yemen A February 2016 email from Edward Bell head of the Export Control Organisation was read out as part of a judicial review into British arms sales to Saudi Arabia The email said To be honest and I was very direct and honest with Sajid Javid my gut tells me we should suspend weapon exports to Saudi Arabia In a later email he said Sajid Javid decided not to take a decision about this last night and the matter has now been raised with the prime minister 108 Creation of a pubs code and pubs code adjudicator PCA the SBEE Act 2015 compelled the Business Secretary to create the office of the PCA in one year s42 1 SBEE Act 2015 109 i e by 26 March 2016 The code was not published until 20 July 2016 and came into force the following day 21 July 2016 the unlawful delay to the code was overseen by Sajid Javid Pub tenants were denied an opportunity to use their rights for months as the statutory deadline had been broken This unlawful delay also pushed forward the pubs code review until 2019 when the code review could have happened a year earlier in 2018 citation needed Communities Secretary edit nbsp Queen Rania of Jordan and Javid at Supporting Syria and the Region conference 2016 In July 2016 Javid was appointed Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government by Prime Minister Theresa May 110 In the role he focused on increasing housing supply including delivering a new generation of affordable and council housing 111 He had previously described council homes as poor housing for the poor but helped secure funds for new local council building in the 2017 budget 112 In 2017 Javid threatened to cancel Europe s largest Palestine convention Palestine Expo 113 Javid whose department controlled the QEII Centre had warned that he was minded to cancel the event Javid s intervention came amid claims by various Jewish and pro Israel groups that the organisers had previously praised Hamas 114 In 2017 a judge ruled that Javid acted unlawfully in issuing guidance to restrict local councils from pursuing Boycott Divestment and Sanctions BDS against Israel through their pension schemes The Chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign called it a victory for Palestine for local democracy and for the rule of law 115 As Communities Secretary Javid launched a wide ranging programme of leasehold and commonhold reform This began with a forthright speech at the 2017 conference for the main leasehold property managers trade body ARMA Association of Residential Managing Agents where Javid targeted rogue managing agents as well as the exorbitant service charges faced by many leaseholders across England and Wales This was well received by the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership charity 116 In September 2017 Javid championed innovation collaborative efforts between the UK and Commonwealth Nations by awarding the first Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship in Innovation to Joshua Cheong and Dr Khoo Hsien Hui respectively 117 In December 2017 after a public consultation which attracted a high response rate it was announced that efforts to end feudal leasehold practices would include a ban on future leasehold houses as well as setting ground rents in new build flats to zero 118 By April 2018 a series of policies aimed at regulating both the managing and letting agent sectors was unveiled such as a new system for leaseholders to challenge unfair service charges empowering leaseholders to switch managing agent and requirements for managing and letting agents to professionalise their operations 119 Home Secretary edit On 30 April 2018 Javid was appointed as Home Secretary after Amber Rudd resigned for misleading MPs about targets for removing illegal immigrants a consequence of the ongoing Windrush scandal 120 121 Javid began his role saying that he was determined to fix the injustices of the Windrush scandal and launched a consultation 122 In becoming Home Secretary he became the first person from an Asian background to hold one of the Great Offices of State in the UK 123 In his first months in charge he put clear water between his tenure and Theresa May s lengthy stint at the Home Office He offered an olive branch to the Police Federation 124 secured a review on medicinal cannabis oil 125 and won an increase in tier 2 visas for skilled workers 126 Javid won plaudits from Lord Tebbit who suggested Sajid Javid has seized control of his notoriously bloody minded department 127 Immigration edit See also English Channel migrant crossings 2018 present In June 2018 Javid lifted the cap on immigration for NHS doctors and nurses and proposed adjustments to the hostile environment policy on immigration 128 129 Javid has argued against EU citizens having preferential rights to live and work in the UK after Brexit 130 saying There s no magical reason it should be only from the EU and I think being a global Britain means that should be from across the world This was seen to be at loggerheads with Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond 131 Javid has said that EU citizens who have lived in the UK for at least five years would be eligible for a new settled status in the country post Brexit citation needed Child chess prodigy Shreyas Royal was allowed to stay in the UK after Javid personally intervened in the case under exceptional talent rules it is very rare for the talent of a child to be a consideration in an immigration case 132 Javid unveiled plans at Cabinet for a crackdown on the number of low skilled migrants coming to the UK after Britain leaves the EU despite objections from Hammond and Greg Clark the Business Secretary It represented a significant victory for May and Javid and came after months of Cabinet clashes over the issue 133 Asylum and re migration edit See also Bethnal Green trio and Shamima Begum In January 2019 Javid suggested denying asylum to asylum seekers coming across the English Channel questioning whether they were genuine and vowing to do everything we the UK can to make sure that you are often not successful 134 This was objected to as a violation of international law by bodies such as the Refugee Council 134 and Amnesty International 135 Javid made similar comments in February of that year when he said that British citizens who joined ISIS would not be allowed to return to the United Kingdom 136 despite a statement from the Justice Secretary David Gauke to the contrary 137 On 19 February Javid revoked the British citizenship of Shamima Begum a British 19 year old who left to join ISIS in 2015 when she was 16 He said that she had Bangladeshi citizenship the country of her mother which she had never lived in but both the Bangladesh state authorities and Begum denied this 138 The government had already failed in a similar move involving statelessness and Britons of Bangladeshi descent in 2017 138 This move enjoyed widespread popular support in the UK with 78 of voters in a Sky News poll saying that Javid was right to strip her of her citizenship 139 However Guardian journalist Amy Walker suggested that this feeling was not wholly shared in the area in which she formerly resided Bethnal Green and that many residents of the area did not believe she posed a threat or could not be reintegrated 140 Javid s decision was also opposed by Church of England bishops 141 and Javid s political opponent Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott who said that the move was a breach of Begum s human rights Amnesty International stated that revoking Begum s citizenship was morally and legally questionable 142 On 8 March 2019 it was announced by Begum s family and officers of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria that Begum s newborn son had died Javid was widely criticised for his actions and held directly culpable for the death of the boy Jarrah 143 by a number of commentators including British human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith 144 Police and crime edit nbsp Home Secretary Javid addressing a 2019 Conference on confronting extremismIn 2018 his first speech to the Police Federation Javid said I m listening and I get it 124 He then promised a shift in priorities in a bid to better protect police officers in the next Home Office spending review In his speech Javid gave his support to stop and search powers citation needed In July 2018 Javid announced the UK government would not object to the United States seeking the death penalty 127 for two suspected British members of ISIL waiving its long standing objection to foreign executions 145 146 In response to the child sexual exploitation scandal Javid ordered research into why men convicted of grooming gang sex crimes are disproportionately of Pakistani origin He has argued that we need an honest open debate on child sexual exploitation including racial motivation 147 The decision won praise with Trevor Phillips suggesting in his assault on liberal guilt over race Sajid Javid is putting his Labour opponents to shame 148 and Camilla Cavendish commented that the home secretary s heritage gives him a powerful voice against groomers 149 Javid vowed to use counter terrorism powers to strip dual citizens involved in child grooming gangs and other serious crimes of their British citizenship 150 better source needed In December 2018 in what may be the first case of its kind a man s dual citizenship was removed on the basis that when he applied to be a UK citizen he lied about the fact he was sexually abusing a child 151 Javid launched an investigation into the Home Office s handling of forced marriage cases 152 after The Times revealed that abusers are being handed visas 153 In a series of tweets he said We will be doing more to combat it and support victims Those who force British women into marriage be warned that we are redoubling our efforts to make sure you pay for your crimes 154 153 Javid rejected a cross party demand to introduce exclusion zones around all abortion centres in England and Wales saying it would not be a proportionate response More than 150 MPs wrote to Javid shortly after he took over from Rudd calling on him to introduce a national ban 155 In 2018 Javid showed concern for the growing child abuse online making the use of technology insecure for children He spoke at the NSPCC headquarters for online child sexual exploitation held on 3 September 2018 156 During his speech he announced the allocation of 21 5m for the investigation of the online child sex offenders on different technological and social platforms He also announced the allocation of 26m for prevention activities to be carried out by different bodies 157 Drug policy edit Javid used an exceptional power as home secretary to issue a licence for a child with acute epilepsy to be treated with medical cannabis oil as a matter of urgency 158 159 Javid also launched a new panel to consider applications from patients seeking to use cannabis oil and announced a review of medicinal cannabis 160 Following advice from the Chief Medical Officer and the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Javid announced that medicinal cannabis will be available for prescription on the NHS 161 125 Javid writing in The Times stated that prescribing medicinal cannabis was not a step towards legalisation for recreational use 125 Security edit nbsp Home Secretary Javid with Kirstjen Nielsen U S Secretary of Homeland Security May 2018In February 2019 Javid laid an order in Parliament adding Hezbollah s political wing to the UK s list of proscribed terror organisations 162 In 2018 Javid was a keynote speaker at the Conservative Friends of Israel Conference and stated he intends to strengthen the partnership between UK and Israel especially in security 163 In 2019 Javid announced the government would increase funding for the security of synagogues schools and other Jewish centres 164 The government s new pledge will bring the amount it has allocated to the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant to 65 2 million since its introduction in 2015 165 In response to the Christchurch mosque shootings Javid warned social media firms that they would face the force of the law if they did not do more to remove extremist content and announced a forthcoming online harms white paper which is expected to introduce legal regulation of online publishers and social media including new censorship rules 166 Javid has condemned some critics of the government s Prevent anti terror scheme for being on the side of the extremists 167 Equality edit Javid vowed to tackle anti LGBT hate crime and set up a new LGBT Advisory Panel to deliver the Government s action plan Javid apologised for historical homophobia within the Home Office Undercover police were instructed to loiter in bars entrap gay men and put them in jail Let me tell you as the current Home Secretary that was wrong wrong wrong and I m sorry that it ever happened 168 better source needed Javid announced a full Law commission review of hate crime including the possible addition of new protected characteristics such as misogyny and age in the same way as offences motivated by hostility based on race religion sexual orientation or disability In 2018 charities estimated around one million older people were victims of physical financial psychological and sexual abuse each year However criminal convictions were rare and sentences considered lenient 169 better source needed Chancellor of the Exchequer edit nbsp Chancellorship of Sajid Javid 24 July 2019 13 February 2020ChancellorSajid JavidPartyConservativeElection2019Nominated byBoris JohnsonAppointed byElizabeth IISeat11 Downing Street Philip HammondRishi Sunak nbsp Coat of arms of HM GovernmentOn 24 July 2019 Javid was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in the new Boris Johnson cabinet Upon his appointment he tweeted that he was looking forward to working at the Treasury to prepare the United Kingdom for leaving the EU 170 In his first media intervention after becoming Chancellor Javid pledged in The Sunday Telegraph to overhaul the Treasury s approach to Brexit beginning with significant extra funding to get Britain ready to leave with or without a deal 171 In September 2019 Javid stood by Johnson s statement to suspend parliament and leave the EU He confirmed that though Johnson would be looking for a new deal in the 17 October Council in Brussels he would not ask for extension of Article 50 and hence the UK would leave the EU come 31 October 172 On 26 January 2020 a 50p coin to mark Brexit was unveiled by Javid bearing the inscription Peace prosperity and friendship with all nations and the new leaving date of 31 January 173 Javid helped raise thousands of pounds at the Jewish Care business breakfast by auctioning a Brexit 50p coin co signed by himself and Boris Johnson 174 Javid intervened to ensure Andrew Bailey was appointed as Governor of the Bank of England Dominic Cummings had lobbied for appointment of Andy Haldane to take over from Mark Carney as Governor 175 Resignation edit Tensions between 10 Downing Street and Treasury had come to a head during August 2019 when the prime minister s chief adviser Dominic Cummings relieved one of Chancellor Javid s aides Sonia Khan of her employment without Javid s permission and without informing him It was alleged that during her dismissal Cummings went outside No 10 and asked an armed officer to enter the building and escort Khan off the premises 176 Javid voiced anger to Johnson over the dismissal of Khan 177 and Cummings faced the prospect of a probe by a governmental ethics watchdog following the dismissal 178 In November 2019 following questions of a rift between Johnson and Javid Johnson gave his assurance that he would retain Javid as Chancellor following the 2019 general election 179 However in the weeks leading up to the reshuffle a number of briefings in the press had suggested that a new economic ministry led by Rishi Sunak might be established to reduce the power and political influence of the Treasury Sunak was considered to be a Johnson loyalist seen as the rising star minister who had ably represented the prime minister during the 2019 election debates 180 181 By February 2020 it was reported that Javid would remain in his role as Chancellor and that Sunak would stay on as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in order to keep an eye on Javid 182 On 13 February 2020 the day of the reshuffle Javid resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer following a meeting with the prime minister 183 During the meeting Johnson had offered to let him keep his position on the condition that he fire all of his advisers at the Treasury to be replaced with individuals selected by Number 10 184 Upon resigning Javid told PA Media that no self respecting minister would accept those terms 185 The Chancellor s resignation was unexpected given Johnson s commitment to retain Javid within the Cabinet and recent reports that an alternative finance ministry would not be made Robert Shrimsley chief political commentator of the Financial Times stated that the prime minister s choices at the time risked damaging the government that good government often depends on senior ministers and the Chancellor in particular being able to fight bad ideas 186 Javid became the first Chancellor in 50 years not to deliver a budget His time as Chancellor 204 days at the time represented the second fewest days in office since the Second World War 187 Return to the backbenches edit Javid returned to being a backbench MP after resigning as Chancellor In his first speech as a backbencher after Prime Minister s Questions he said that he felt he still had more to give in regards to his political future 188 In June 2020 Javid announced that he would be working with the Centre for Social Justice think tank to lead an inquiry into child sexual abuse in the UK He wrote in The Daily Telegraph of his concern that the COVID 19 pandemic lockdown was leading to a surge in child sexual abuse cases 189 Javid was a senior fellow at Harvard University s Harvard Kennedy School Mossavar Rahmani Center for Business and Government in 2020 2021 190 In August 2020 Javid began in a paid role as a senior adviser to JPMorgan Chase He joined on the bank s Europe Middle East and Africa advisory council 191 His appointment was criticised by Labour MP Zarah Sultana as undermining democracy and she advocated the banning of MPs from taking second jobs 192 Health Secretary edit Javid replaced Matt Hancock as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 26 June 2021 during the COVID 19 pandemic following Hancock s resignation 193 Javid took over the prominent role in the government s response to the COVID 19 pandemic as the SARS CoV 2 Delta variant was driving a third wave in cases across the country Despite this Javid confirmed that he would push for an end to public health restrictions saying We are going to have to learn to accept the existence of COVID and find ways to cope with it just as we already do with flu a strategy supported by other Conservative MPs but prompting criticism from some scientists and health experts 194 195 196 He said the country could have as many as 100 000 daily cases while pushing for relaxation of social distancing and self isolation rules and saying there is no going back 197 On 17 July 2021 Javid tested positive for COVID 19 198 Eight days later he reported that he had recovered He was criticised for insensitivity by several opposition MPs and the pressure group Covid 19 Bereaved Families for Justice for saying if you haven t yet get your jab as we learn to live with rather than cower from this virus 199 200 201 Javid later deleted the tweet and apologised for the cower remark stating It was a poor choice of word and that he was expressing gratitude that the vaccines help us fight back as a society 202 In early September 2021 although the JCVI failed to recommend COVID 19 vaccines for healthy 12 to 15 year olds and instead advised that more children with underlying health conditions and vulnerable relatives should be offered the jab 203 Javid announced a plan to make vaccines available for the age group 204 Javid also announced plans to make COVID 19 vaccines compulsory for all NHS and care home staff He was warned of staff shortages as a result of this policy 205 206 In a press conference in October 2021 Javid rejected calls to reintroduce general public health measures such face mask mandates and more home working as COVID 19 cases hospitalisations and deaths began to rise He warned the country could report 100 000 daily cases over the winter He encouraged the public to follow government advice and for those who had not been vaccinated to do so 207 208 Resignation edit nbsp Javid left and Rishi Sunak right the first two cabinet members to resign on 5 July pictured with Boris Johnson centre On 5 July 2022 Javid resigned as Health Secretary in the fallout from controversy around sexual assault by former Deputy Chief Whip Chris Pincher and suppression of reports by the Conservative Party 209 Javid said that he had originally given Johnson the benefit of the doubt but decided to resign following a Parliament prayer breakfast about integrity in public life 210 In his resignation letter to Boris Johnson Javid said The tone you set as a leader and the values you represent reflect on your colleagues your party and ultimately the country Conservatives at their best are seen as hard headed decision makers guided by strong values We may not have always been popular but we have been competent in acting in the national interest Sadly in the current circumstances the public are concluding that we are now neither 211 212 On 6 July 2022 Javid delivered in addition to the letter a personal statement in the House of Commons calling on colleagues to consider following his lead of resigning from cabinet He mentioned enough is enough and I also believe a team is as good as its team captain and that a captain is as good as his or her team So loyalty must go both ways The events of recent months have made it increasingly difficult to be in that team 213 214 215 Following the resignations of Javid and Sunak numerous junior ministers and among the Parliamentary Private Secretary PPS also resigned most of whom cited a lack of honesty and integrity on the part of Johnson In the following 24 hours 36 MPs resigned from their roles in government This marked both the largest number of ministerial resignations in a 24 hour period since the British Empire Economic Conference in 1932 and the largest number of such resignations on record After a total of 62 resignations Johnson announced on 7 July his intention to resign as Conservative leader and prime minister but said he would remain prime minister until a new leader was in place Return to the backbenches edit Javid supported Liz Truss during the July September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election and Rishi Sunak in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election In December 2022 Javid said that he would not stand for re election at the next general election 216 Political positions editBrexit edit In 2016 Javid became a supporter of remaining in the European Union as a member of the Britain Stronger in Europe advocacy group in the EU referendum campaign In the event the public narrowly voted to leave the EU resulting in Brexit the UK s withdrawal from the European Union Javid was a supporter of the single market describing it as a great invention one that even Prime Minister Thatcher campaigned enthusiastically to create 107 Javid is known to have historically held Eurosceptic views as a student in 1990 he was thrown out of the Conservative Party conference for handing out leaflets opposing Britain joining the European Exchange Rate Mechanism the forerunner of the single currency 18 In 2015 Javid was an advocate for holding an EU referendum 26 While pro Brexit Conservatives had long assumed he would join the Leave campaign in the end he backed Remain He was not often seen as very committed to that cause and subsequently when became a Leave supporter 217 While Javid said this was not as a result of pressure from either David Cameron or George Osborne the Financial Times reported that Osborne got the thumbscrews out because it would have been completely unacceptable for a Conservative Business Secretary to have advocated Brexit 74 Javid has maintained his position that politicians should respect the result of the referendum and when judges ruled that the PM could not trigger the formal Brexit process without Parliament s backing Javid accused British High Court judges of attempting to thwart the will of the British people 218 Since the referendum Javid said that he was sceptical of softer Brexit options such as remaining in the customs union saying the free trade area was an intrinsic part of the European Union and that voters had given clear instructions when they voted to Leave 217 In 2019 Javid said he considered the Brexit Party not to be extremist and praised Nigel Farage I applaud Nigel Farage for walking away calling UKIP thugs and extremists The move was seen by some as an effort by the Conservative Party to extend an olive branch to the Brexit Party 219 As Chancellor Javid drew up plans for millions of 50p Brexit coins to be minted in time for Britain s departure from the EU Javid s proposal for the coins to be produced for mass circulation was portrayed as a statement of intent that the Treasury is fully behind Brexit in contrast to previous Chancellor Philip Hammond 220 In January 2020 Javid said regarding the future relationship with the EU There will not be alignment we will not be a ruletaker we will not be in the single market and we will not be in the customs union and we will do this by the end of the year 221 Israel and Palestine edit Javid was regarded when as one of Israel s staunchest supporters in the Cabinet 222 and is a long time supporter of Conservative Friends of Israel 103 At a 2012 event hosted by them he said he would out of all the countries in the Middle East choose Israel as home only there he said would his children feel the warm embrace of freedom and liberty 223 Addressing the World Jewish Congress WJC in 2017 Javid commented that attempts to block contacts with Israel are failing and that the government will celebrate the Balfour centenary with pride 224 Ronald Lauder president of the WJC said the global Jewish community treasured Mr Javid as a staunch friend of the Jewish people 224 At a joint meeting between the American Jewish Committee and the Board of Deputies of British Jews Javid told his audience As long as I am in government as long as I am in politics I promise you that I will do everything within my power to fight back against those who seek to isolate and undermine Israel 225 At the Conservative Friends of Israel Conference of 2018 Javid explained how a school trip to Israel by his brother forty years ago set off his lifelong support for Israel and added my dad explained the history how it came about and why it is such a special place Since then I always wanted to visit Javid visited when he and his wife spent their honeymoon there 226 Visit to the Western Wall edit In 2019 Javid became the first British minister in 19 years to visit the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem Visits to the Western Wall by foreign dignitaries are opposed by Palestinians who say they legitimise Israeli claims to the eastern half of the city which they claim for the capital of a future Palestinian state 227 228 Javid was advised by officials not to visit the Western Wall during a visit to Israel because of long standing policy of over two decades In January 2020 at the reception of Conservative Friends of Israel he told the audience that his response was You know what I told them to get stuffed and I went anyway 229 Campaign against BDS edit See also Boycotts of Israel Javid has a history of campaigning against Boycott Divestment and Sanctions BDS In 2014 he told attendees at the Union of Jewish Students conference that he will always be proud to stand up and resist calls for boycotts of Israel 230 In 2015 as Culture Secretary Javid advised The Board of Deputies that he had no tolerance for cultural boycotts of Israel 102 In 2016 as Communities Secretary Javid announced measures to prevent British councils from imposing boycotts of Israel 231 and issued local authorities with investment guidance affecting Local Government Pension Scheme LGPS 115 In 2018 at a Conservative Friends of Israel conference Javid detailed his parliamentary record against BDS When I became the Business Secretary I was lobbied every day to support the BDS campaign I thought the best reaction is obviously not to support the campaign but to do everything I could to boost trade with Israel 163 Affiliations edit Javid paid subscriptions to pro Brexit group the European Research Group ERG from 2013 to 2016 232 233 Political influences editThatcherism edit Javid s father inspired a devotion to Margaret Thatcher in Javid My dad lived through the Winter of Discontent and used to vote Labour but switched to Thatcher saying look how she s sorting out the country I agreed 234 Javid has spoken of Thatcher s handling of the Falklands Conflict as a defining moment saying That was a big moment for me in understanding war and how it happens and admiring Margaret Thatcher and her decisiveness That s how my political awareness really took off 26 In 2013 when he became Financial Secretary to the Treasury he rejected works of art from the Government Art Collection and personalised his office with a portrait of Thatcher 235 Javid was described by Tim Montgomerie as the first of Thatcher s children 236 Javid met the former Prime Minister at a Conservative Party fundraiser in his late twenties and at the meeting Thatcher purportedly said Sajid you will protect our great island 237 37 The Fountainhead edit In 2018 activist Tim Montgomerie wrote that Javid identifies the libertarian writer Ayn Rand as an inspiration 222 Javid recounted once that he regularly reread the courtroom scene from her novel The Fountainhead saying that he admired its description of the power of the individual sticking up for your beliefs against popular opinion 34 At a Crossbench Film Society event Javid chose to introduce the film version of The Fountainhead 238 and described the profound effect it had on him after watching it as a 12 year old 239 Javid s wife once threatened to divorce him if he did not stop reading The Fountainhead aloud to her 240 Javid said in 2019 that he had never believed in Rand s philosophy of Objectivism stating he is instead motivated by altruism and appreciates The Fountainhead because he identifies with the main protagonist It s about the underdog Whatever Howard Roark wanted to do there were people lining up against him and saying no you will fail and he kept going right to the end 240 nbsp John Bolton right then U S National Security Advisor meeting Javid at 11 Downing StreetNeoconservatism edit Javid has been a regular attendee and speaker 241 at US neoconservative thinktank American Enterprise Institute s AEI annual conference 238 whose members include Dick Cheney Paul Wolfowitz and John Bolton b Javid has consistently supported foreign military intervention having voted for intervening in Gaddafi s Libya as well as air strikes in Iraq and Syria 241 243 In March 2014 Javid accused then Labour Party leader Ed Miliband of having some responsibility for the crisis in Crimea alleging that there was a direct link between Miliband s refusal to support military intervention in Syria and the subsequent Russian activity in Ukraine 244 In 2018 Javid declared in his Commons register of interests that the AEI had paid 9 266 to fund his trip to the conference in Georgia 245 Personal life editFamily edit Javid was raised in a two bed flat above a shop in Bristol with four brothers His brother citation needed Bas Javid was Commander of Solihull Police division 246 and later promoted as Commander at Scotland Yard in charge of front line policing Bas Javid had previously served in the Royal Navy wherein his military service included the Gulf War for which he received a commendation for teamwork and bravery 246 In 1997 Javid married his childhood sweetheart Laura King whom he met while sharing a stapler at the local Commercial Union branch during a summer job 247 20 She is a church going Christian and they have four children 14 The couple had their honeymoon in Israel 226 163 Their children are privately educated something that Javid attributed to the couple s desire to do what s best for them 7 The family own properties in Fulham Chelsea Bristol and Bromsgrove 20 248 They own a Cavapoo named Bailey which featured prominently in Javid s 2019 campaign video to be Conservative Party leader 249 Javid s eldest brother Tariq died in July 2018 in an unnatural death 250 a full inquest was held in which the coroner ruled Tariq had intentionally killed himself after drinking alcohol and taking codeine at the luxury South Lodge Hotel which was near his home in Horsham In a letter left to Sylvia his partner of 15 years Tariq suggested that due to ill health he would not last long Tariq was a successful businessman and managed a supermarket chain 251 His other siblings are Khalid a financial advisor and Atif a multi millionaire property tycoon 250 Before he became an MP Javid was briefly a director of Atif s main investment vehicle SA Capital 252 Religion editJavid is said to have received religious hate mail in the form of a Punish a Muslim day parcel as of March 2018 he was the fifth British MP to receive such abuse 253 While his family s heritage is Muslim Javid himself is non practising 7 but has remarked that he was the first Muslim Home Secretary to be invited to the iftar 37 whereas his wife is a practising Christian 10 Addressing a church hosted husting in his inaugural election campaign for Bromsgrove on 22 April 2010 Javid told the audience 254 My own family s heritage is Muslim Myself and my four brothers were brought up to believe in God but I do not practise any religion My wife is a practising Christian and the only religion practised in my house is Christianity 9 10 Javid has said that it is lazy and wrong to suggest terror has nothing to do with Islam 255 Speaking at a Muslim News Awards ceremony in 2017 Javid said that those who attack and kill in the name of Islam had no right to do so and that we can t deny that these people think they are Muslims They identify as Muslims They genuinely believe they are acting for the glory of Islam 256 Javid wrote in The Times that there s a special unique burden on the Muslim community to do something about terrorism 257 Javid has criticised those in the Muslim community who question his Muslim faith and refer to him as a Coconut or an Uncle Tom 64 254 In March 2019 Wayne Kirby a Tommy Robinson supporter was jailed for 28 days for posting threatening and abusive comments on Facebook about Javid Kirby referred to Javid as a Muslim terrorist and threatened Javid would be hung drawn and quartered if anything happened to Robinson 258 In 2021 Javid said he was rejected early in his political career by a Conservative Association to be their candidate because of his religion and that an Association Chairman has explained some members didn t think locals would vote for a Muslim to be their MP 259 Notes 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2022 Retrieved 20 July 2022 Sajid Javid s resignation speech in full The Spectator 6 July 2022 Archived from the original on 8 July 2022 Retrieved 20 July 2022 Sajid Javid says he will not stand again for MP at next election The Guardian 2 December 2022 Archived from the original on 2 December 2022 Retrieved 20 December 2022 a b Donaldson Kitty Hutton Robert 30 April 2018 May Promotes Anti EU Former Banker Shifting the Brexit Balance Bloomberg Archived from the original on 23 February 2019 Retrieved 23 February 2019 Peck Tom 6 November 2016 Lord Patten Sajid Javid should have been sacked The Independent Archived from the original on 9 February 2019 Retrieved 9 February 2019 Grierson Jamie 19 July 2019 Sajid Javid praises Nigel Farage in speech on extremism The Guardian Archived from the original on 20 July 2019 Retrieved 20 July 2019 Sajid Javid s plan to flood tills with Brexit 50p coins The Guardian 11 August 2019 Archived from the original on 11 August 2019 Retrieved 11 August 2019 Cockroft Stephanie 18 January 2020 Business warning over price rises after Javid vows no EU agreement Evening Standard Archived from the original on 5 March 2020 Retrieved 26 June 2021 a b Montgomerie Tim 6 June 2018 Why my friend Sajid Javid would be the ideal successor to Theresa May London Evening Standard Archived from the original on 16 June 2018 Retrieved 6 June 2018 Bright Martin 13 December 2012 Muslim Tory MP After Britain Israel is best The Jewish Chronicle Archived from the original on 10 April 2014 Retrieved 10 April 2014 a b Dysch Marcus 11 September 2017 Sajid Javid launches blistering attack on Israel boycott The Jewish Chronicle Archived from the original on 17 August 2018 Retrieved 17 August 2018 Sajid Javid says he ll fight those who undermine Israel The Jewish News 7 March 2018 Archived from the original on 18 August 2018 Retrieved 19 August 2018 a b Sajid Javid Brother s school Israel trip inspires my support for Jewish state The Jewish News 3 October 2018 Archived from the original on 3 October 2018 Retrieved 3 October 2018 Sajid Javid becomes first British minister in 19 years to visit Jerusalem s Western Wall The Jewish Chronicle 1 July 2019 Archived from the original on 1 July 2019 Retrieved 1 July 2019 UK minister Sajid Javid makes rare visit to Western Wall Temple Mount The Times of Israel 1 July 2019 Archived from the original on 1 July 2019 Retrieved 1 July 2019 I look forward to Britain s Israel embassy moving to Jerusalem says Minister Robert Jenrick 29 January 2020 Archived from the original on 29 January 2020 Retrieved 1 February 2020 Javid denounces smokescreen arts censorship The Jewish Chronicle 18 December 2014 Archived from the original on 20 March 2019 Retrieved 20 March 2019 Harpin Lee 13 February 2017 New plans to counter Israel boycott announced by British government The Jewish Chronicle Archived from the original on 20 March 2019 Retrieved 20 March 2019 Sajid Javid IPSA IPSA Archived from the original on 3 July 2018 Retrieved 10 February 2018 Javid annually claimed expenses for 2000 ERG subscriptions under Office Costs Professional Services from 1 April 2013 through to 1 April 2016 per the archived version of the IPSA website although more recent versions redact the recipient His claims since the 2016 17 financial year do not have that 2000 expense Doherty Denis 19 January 2018 What is the Tory European Research Group BBC News Archived from the original on 16 August 2019 Retrieved 10 August 2019 Sajid Javid s journey from bus driver s son to Home Secretary ITV 30 April 2018 Archived from the original on 17 June 2018 Retrieved 17 June 2018 Hope Christopher 9 April 2014 Sajid Javid the millionaire bus conductor s son with a portrait of Margaret Thatcher on his wall The Telegraph Archived from the original on 10 October 2018 Retrieved 17 August 2018 Montgomerie Tim 10 April 2014 The first of Thatcher s children has arrived The Times Archived from the original on 2 January 2019 Retrieved 1 January 2019 Stevenson Sam 1 November 2018 Did Thatcher predict Sajid Javid would be PM Home Secretary REVEALS what she said to him Daily Express Archived from the original on 5 January 2019 Retrieved 5 January 2019 a b Sabbah Dan 4 May 2018 Sajid Javid combative capitalist and courtier of US neocons The Guardian Archived from the original on 1 July 2018 Retrieved 1 July 2018 Javid I read the courtroom scene from The Fountainhead to my future wife Conservative Home 13 January 2015 Archived from the original on 19 June 2018 Retrieved 28 August 2018 a b Sylvester Rachel 27 January 2019 Both sides now inside the rise of Sajid Javid Prospect Magazine Archived from the original on 1 February 2019 Retrieved 1 February 2019 a b Oborne Peter 1 May 2018 Sajid Javid How far have we come Middle East Eye Archived from the original on 1 July 2018 Retrieved 1 July 2018 Quinn Ben 3 April 2015 Sajid Javid spurned Welsh steel crisis talks to attend US conference TheGuardian com Archived from the original on 6 January 2019 Retrieved 5 January 2019 Javid Key votes about use of UK military forces in combat operations overseas Archived from the original on 6 October 2018 Retrieved 5 October 2018 McElroy Damien 1 March 2014 Ukraine tells Putin this could be war The Daily Telegraph London Archived from the original on 15 July 2015 Retrieved 28 January 2015 Malnick Edward 16 February 2019 Two cabinet ministers touted as front runners to succeed Theresa May planning joint US trip The Daily Telegraph London Archived from the original on 17 February 2019 Retrieved 16 February 2019 a b Elkes Neil 1 May 2018 Meet the war hero turned top cop brother of new Home Secretary Sajid Javid Birmingham Mail Archived from the original on 16 June 2018 Retrieved 16 June 2018 Parker George 11 April 2014 Bus driver s son Javid sees no obstacles on road to Downing St Financial Times Archived from the original on 17 June 2018 Retrieved 17 June 2018 Sajid Javid becomes new Culture Secretary Yorkshire Post 9 April 2014 Archived from the original on 18 August 2018 Retrieved 17 August 2018 Sajid Javid shows off his Cavapoo in new campaign video to be PM Metro 11 June 2019 Archived from the original on 12 June 2019 Retrieved 24 August 2018 a b Sajid Javid s eldest brother drowned in hotel bath after taking painkillers and alcohol inquest hears The Daily Telegraph 11 September 2018 Archived from the original on 11 September 2018 Retrieved 12 September 2018 Sajid Javid s brother killed himself because he felt he would not last long due to stomach problems inquest told The Daily Telegraph 23 October 2018 Archived from the original on 23 October 2018 Retrieved 23 October 2018 Bromsgrove Labour questions Sajid Javid MP s housing role and wants action to solve the district s very real housing problem Bromsgrove Advertiser 29 January 2018 Archived from the original on 23 February 2019 Retrieved 23 February 2019 Zeffman Henry 16 March 2018 Sajid Javid is fifth MP to get Punish a Muslim parcel The Times Archived from the original on 17 April 2018 Retrieved 30 April 2018 subscription required a b Versi Ahmed 29 June 2018 Home Secretary Javid hits back at those questioning his faith Muslims News Archived from the original on 7 October 2018 Retrieved 7 October 2018 Swinford Steven 11 January 2015 It is lazy to say Paris terror attacks have nothing to do with Islam Sajid Javid says The Daily Telegraph Archived from the original on 14 August 2018 Retrieved 13 August 2018 Sonwalkar Prasun 31 March 2017 Muslim and murderer No says UK minister Sajid Javid Hindustan Times Archived from the original on 14 August 2018 Retrieved 13 August 2018 Javid Sajid 5 June 2017 Sajid Javid As British Muslims we must do more than just condemn The Times Archived from the original on 18 August 2018 Retrieved 17 June 2018 Forrest Adam 4 March 2019 Tommy Robinson supporter and convicted rapist jailed for threatening Sajid Javid on Facebook The Independent Archived from the original on 5 March 2019 Retrieved 4 March 2019 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