Ian Botham appointed UK trade ambassador to Australia
by Andrew Sparrow Political correspondent from Economics | The Guardian on (#5NNCH)
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Ian Botham, the former England cricketer and crossbench peer, has been appointed a UK trade ambassador to Australia, the government has announced.
He is one of 10 parliamentarians given a new role as a trade envoy, taking the total number of MPs and peers performing unpaid trade ambassador roles to 36.
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