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Alan Johnson is a Labour Party politician and has been Member of Parliament for Hull West and Hessle since May 1997. Johnson is Home Secretary, having assumed office on 5 June 2009 after the Cabinet reshuffle, replacing Jacqui Smith. In September 2004, Johnson was appointed Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, but after the General Election in 2005, he was made Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, where he served for exactly one year. On the 5 May 2006, Johnson moved to replace Ruth Kelly as Secretary of State for Education and Skills. After the resignation of Tony Blair and the rise of Gordon Brown, Johnson was again moved, this time to Secretary of State for Health in June 2007, before moving to Home Secretary in June 2009.

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Alan Johnson orders Asbo offenders to face tougher action

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Tory plan to cut DNA files ‘risks letting killers go free’

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Terror suspect curbs under review

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Johnson plans to cut red tape and save 200,000 police hours

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Home Secretary Alan Johnson is to announce plans to slash police red tape by cutting the size of the stop and search form... more

MPs to urge Johnson to block Gary McKinnon extradition

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Home Secretary Alan Johnson will face calls from three senior MPs not to extradite computer hacker Gary McKinnon... more

Home Secretary 'ends control order on terror suspect'

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Plans for immigration points system unveiled

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Johnson plans Asbo league tables on Net

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Alan Johnson will step up the fight against antisocial behaviour after admitting the issue has been put on the back burner... more

Legal ruling could end control orders for terror suspects

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Labour’s rising star Alan Johnson makes his move for leadership

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Alan Johnson 'has no news is good news' NHS policy

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Health Secretary Alan Johnson was accused of a "no news is good news" policy amid claims that the Government is keeping quiet about the NHS to avoid damaging publicity... more

Alan Johnson urged to 'come clean' over knife attack statistics

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Chocolate bars to be downsized

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Chocolate bars to be downsized

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The Government is set to order manufacturers to shrink the size of chocolate bars and fizzy drinks... more

Fines to stamp out mixed-sex hospital wards

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Minister pays tribute to 'amazing work' of our NHS heroes

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Health Secretary Alan Johnson has paid tribute to our NHS Champions winners... more

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'Fit notes' launched to get the sick working

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Health Secretary Alan Johnson has called for an end to stigmatising the obese... more

NHS to scrap mixed-sex patient areas within a year

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  • Facts
  • Born in 1950 and orphaned at 12 years old, Johnson was first employed stacking shelves at Tesco, then on turning 18, became a postman
  • Johnson was the first former trade union leader (Communication Workers Union) to become part of the Cabinet since 1964.
  • Before entering the Cabinet, Johnson was the Minister for Higher Education in the Department for Education and Skills, despite having left school at age 15
  • Johnson has been married twice, first to Judith Cox, which ended in a divorce, and currently to Laura Jane Patient.

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