Editing Number 10 Policy Unit (section)

==Since 2019==

[[Munira Mirza]] was appointed director of the Policy Unit when [[Boris Johnson]] became prime minister. She had previously been [[Deputy Mayor of London]] with responsibility for Education and Culture under Johnson during his time as [[Mayor of London]]. Mirza resigned on 4 February 2022 after Johnson failed to apologise for making misleading remarks that implied that [[Keir Starmer]] failed to prosecute [[Jimmy Savile]] while the latter was [[Director of Public Prosecutions]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Forsyth |first1=James |title=Exclusive: No. 10 policy chief quits over Boris's Jimmy Savile slur |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/exclusive-boris-s-policy-chief-quits-over-jimmy-savile-slur/ |access-date=28 January 2023 |work=The Spectator |date=3 February 2022}}</ref>

[[Andrew Griffith]] MP was appointed to replace Mirza as the director of the Policy Unit until 8 July 2022.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Andrew Griffith MP |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/andrew-griffith |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref> As a sitting MP, he was also appointed as Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Policy and Head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit).<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Policy and Head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit) |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-secretary-minister-for-policy-and-head-of-the-prime-ministers-policy-unit |website=GOV.UK |publisher=HM Government |access-date=28 January 2023}}</ref> The role was left vacant from 8 July 2022, as Johnson announced his [[July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis|resignation]] as [[Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)|party leader]], with a view to remaining as a caretaker prime minister until his successor had been [[July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election|chosen]]. 

The vacant post was filled by Jamie Hope on 6 September 2022 as part of the short-lived [[Truss ministry]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2022-09-06 |title=New PM installs close allies in top cabinet jobs |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/aae81524-3a2b-43a8-99a0-43ac9c4243ab |access-date=2022-09-06}}</ref>

When [[Rishi Sunak]] [[October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election|became prime minister]] in October 2022, Eleanor Shawcross, the daughter of the [[Commissioner for Public Appointments]], [[William Shawcross]] and grand-daughter of the barrister [[Hartley Shawcross]], became director of the Policy Unit. She had previously donated £20,000 to his leadership campaign, having advised him while he was [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Mikey |title=EXCLUSIVE: Boris Johnson loan probe into BBC chair to be run by father of Rishi Sunak's policy chief |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-loan-probe-bbc-29033019 |access-date=28 January 2023 |work=The Daily Mirror |date=23 January 2023}}</ref> Shawcross had previously spent 6 years as deputy chief of staff to [[George Osborne]] during his time as Chancellor, and chief of staff at the [[Department for Work and Pensions]] where she was later made a non-executive director.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bright |first1=Sam |title=Rishi Sunak Appoints Donor as Policy Chief |url=https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/09/rishi-sunak-appoints-donor-eleanor-shawcross-wolfson-head-of-policy/ |access-date=28 January 2023 |work=Byline Times |publisher=Byline Times |date=9 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mandrake |title=Meet Rishi Sunak's fabulously wealthy new policy chief |url=https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/meet-rishi-sunaks-policy-chief/ |access-date=28 January 2023 |work=The New European |publisher=The New European |date=31 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Leake |first1=Natasha |title=Meet the elite, chic circle of youngsters behind Rishi's premiership |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/special-advisers-rishi-sunak |access-date=28 January 2023 |work=The Tatler |publisher=Condé Nast Britain |date=26 October 2022}}</ref>