The move sees responsibility for early years being handed back to a junior minister after minister of state Kelly Tolhurst was given the brief under Liz Truss’ leadership, and resigned her post.
The announcement comes after Coutinho visited the Three Trees Family Wellbeing Centre – a family hub - in Brent last week.
This will be Coutinho’s second ministerial role after serving as an under-secretary of state at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and as an MP since 2019.
Career history
Coutinho has a master’s degree in Maths and Philosophy from Oxford.
She worked as the Parliamentary private secretary at the Treasury for more than two years from February 2020, resigning her position in protest at the then Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership.
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