[2] Recruited before the 2010 election by the Conservative Party's Implementation Team, Finn became the Coalition Government's industrial relations adviser.

She played a key role in negotiations with the trade unions and helped to agree deals to roughly halve the cost of public sector pensions.

[3] As a special adviser to Francis Maude, the minister for the Cabinet Office, Finn helped to drive through his cuts of several billion pounds over the course of the 2010-2015 parliament.

[6] In July 2022, the resignation of Sajid Javid during the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis caused a vacancy in the office of Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Downing Street chief of staff Steve Barclay was appointed to fill shortly before Boris Johnson's resignation as prime minister.

While no successor to Barclay was formally appointed, Finn held the role in a de facto, acting capacity, as incumbent Downing Street deputy chief of staff.

[9] In her maiden speech in the House of Lords, Finn focused on the importance of education as a tool of social mobility, paying tribute to her former deputy headmistress, Iris Williams.

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