Chris Huhne is the new Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in David Cameron’s Conservative and Liberal Democrats coalition government.

Chris Huhne has been the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Eastleigh since 2005 and replaces Ed Miliband as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

Chris Huhne has a first class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and has worked as an economist in the City of London.