Amber de Botton is a British political aide and journalist. Since 29 October 2022 she has served as the

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, succeeding Guto Harri. She graduated from

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan ...

in 2007 with a degree in History and Politics. Following university she embarked on a media career and was Deputy Head of Politics at

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for five years until 2017 and then worked at

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as Head of Politics and subsequently Head of UK News.

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