Laetitia Cash
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Laetitia Mary Cash is a British
British people
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 barrister and journalist. She was formerly a district councillor in Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth (district)
Bridgnorth District was, between 1974 and 2009, a local government district in Shropshire, England. Its main town was Bridgnorth and other towns in its area were Much Wenlock, Shifnal and Broseley. The villages of Albrighton and Sheriffhales as well as RAF Cosford were also in the district.The...

, Shropshire
Shropshire
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, England
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. Her father is the prominent Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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 politician Bill Cash.

Biography

Laetitia Cash is the daughter of Bill Cash and Bridget Mary Cash. Her brothers are Sam Cash and William Cash, who is the founder of the British magazine
Magazine
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 Spear’s Wealth Management Survey
Spear's Wealth Management Survey
Spear's , founded in 2006 by William Cash, is a bimonthly British magazine for high net worth individuals and those in the financial service industries. It has been called "the Bible of the banking fraternity" by GQ and "a European rival to Forbes" by The Evening Standard...

.

Cash has two children, a daughter from her relationship with lawyer Alex Goulandris, and a daughter from her marriage to Johnny Gunn. She and Gunn were married from 2005 to 2009.

Career

Cash holds a BA
Bachelor of Arts
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 in fashion journalism from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. The school has an outstanding international reputation, and is considered one of the world's leading art and design institutions...

 and a second BA in jurisprudence from St Hilda’s College
St Hilda's College, Oxford
St Hilda's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.The college was founded in 1893 as a hall for women, and remained an all-women's college until 2006....

, University of Oxford
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. Before entering politics, Cash contributed to the fashion magazine Frank and wrote a profile of Íngrid Betancourt
Íngrid Betancourt
Ingrid Betancourt Pulecio is a Colombian politician, former senator and anti-corruption activist.Betancourt was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on 23 February 2002 and was rescued by Colombian security forces six and a half years later on 2 July 2008...

 for The Sunday Times
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– the last interview with Betancourt before her kidnapping by the FARC. Cash also worked at the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
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 in New York
New York
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. Most recently, Cash has been Editor-At-Large of Above magazine.

After serving as the district councillor for Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth (district)
Bridgnorth District was, between 1974 and 2009, a local government district in Shropshire, England. Its main town was Bridgnorth and other towns in its area were Much Wenlock, Shifnal and Broseley. The villages of Albrighton and Sheriffhales as well as RAF Cosford were also in the district.The...

 from 2003, she stood in the 2005 General Election
United Kingdom general election, 2005
The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a majority of 66, reduced from 160....

 for the Parliamentary seat in Salford
Salford (UK Parliament constituency)
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 and lost to Hazel Blears
Hazel Blears
Hazel Anne Blears is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Salford and Eccles since 2010 and was previously the MP for Salford since 1997...

. Following her performance in that campaign, she was named as one of the Conservative Party’s “A-List” candidates for future elections and featured on the cover of The Times
The Times
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as “New Tory Woman”

Her father's expense claims involving her flat were implicated in the United Kingdom Parliamentary Expenses Scandal
United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal
The United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal was a major political scandal triggered by the leak and subsequent publication by the Telegraph Group in 2009 of expense claims made by members of the United Kingdom Parliament over several years...

in 2009. She is currently believed to be pursuing a number of commercial opportunities.
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