Career
After her presidency she worked for two years (2006–08) at the Centre for Excellence in Leadership, a government quango in the Further Education sector.
Between 2008 and January 2010 she worked as Director of Policy and Development for the 157 Group.
In 2010 she started volunteering for Ed Miliband's Labour Leadership Campaign, being subsequently appointed as head of volunteers for the duration of the campaign.
In the same year she was sworn in as one of the first female Freemen of Beverley as a result of a gender equality campaign of which her aunt was a key member; this act had to be passed by Parliament.
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