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Line 26: }} '''Andrew Lambrou Charalambous''' is a [[British people\|British]] businessman~~. Charalambous was called to the Bar as a member of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn at Michealmas term 1989~~. He is currently the Work and Pensions Spokesman for the [[United Kingdom Independence Party]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.ukip.org/ukip_leading_the_housing_debate \| title=UKIP Leading the Housing Debate \|publisher=UKIP.org \| accessdate=2015-08-05}}</ref><ref name=ukipgreenmans>{{cite web \| url=http://www.njlconsulting.co.uk/news-and-blogs/news/what-ukip-and-the-green-partys-manifestos-say-about-planning,-development-and-housing/ \| title=What UKIP and the Green Party's Manifestos Say About Planning, Development and Housing 2015 \| publisher=NJLConsulting.co.uk \| date=2015-04-27 \| accessdate=2015-08-05}}</ref> ~~and was their first ever Housing and Environment Spokesman.~~ == Life == His [[Greek Cypriot]] father served as a soldier for the British in [[World War II]] and later settled in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="insidehousing1">{{cite web\|url=http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/introducing-dr-earth/6527381.article \|title=Introducing Dr Earth \| Analysis \|publisher=Inside Housing \|date=2013-06-21 \|accessdate=2014-06-13}}</ref> He went to William Forster School in [[Tottenham]].<ref>{{cite web\|last=Hastings \|first=Rob \|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/can-dr-earth-save-the-planet-and-win-edmonton-1964484.html \|title=Can Dr Earth save the planet, and win Edmonton? - UK Politics - UK \|publisher=The Independent \|date=2010-05-06 \|accessdate=2014-06-13}}</ref> Charalambous was awarded Outstanding Entrepreneur in the Global Business Excellence Awards of 2014 for his ethical housing business. An ardent campaigner against homelessness, as a rule he does not charge his tenants administration fees or deposits. In October 2014, ''[[The Times]]'' newspaper reported that Charalambous falsely claimed to hold a "PhD in the parallels between Plato’s Utopia and Spartan Society" on his [[Facebook]] page as well as claiming to be a "professor of environmental sciences" on his official website. It was also reported that shortly after the revelations, claims that Charalambous was a qualified [[Barrister-at-Law]] were removed from his official website.<ref name="timesdegree">{{cite news\|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article4236914.ece\|title=Exposed: fake doctorate of Ukip 'professor'\|last=Fisher\|first=Lucy\|date=October 15, 2014\|publisher=The Times}}</ref> In response, Charalambous made a statement via his official website, refuting claims made in ''The Times''' article and displaying his academic certificates. These included a different Doctorate in Business Administration certificate from the since discredited [[University of Northern Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.andrewcharalambous.com/certifications/ \| title=Andrew Charalambous – Doctorate in Business Administration \| publisher=AndrewCharalambous.com \| accessdate=2015-08-06}}</ref><ref name="Rediff">{{cite web\|last1=Haniffa\|first1=Aziz\|title=India has enough safeguards to keep away sham US colleges\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-india-has-enough-safeguards-to-keep-away-sham-us-colleges-sibal/20111012.htm\|website=Rediff.com\|publisher=Rediff News\|accessdate=22 February 2016}}</ref> == Career == Line 38 ⟶ 40: As UKIP Work and Pensions Spokesman, he has called for action to end the north-south divide, and for government to extend its employment drive to parts of the UK which have never recovered the loss of their manufacturing base. ~~Charalambous was commissioned an honorary Colonel of the US State of Kentucky on 17th June 2011. He has a Doctorate in Business Administration and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts since 1993~~ Charalambous made a career in business as a [[property developer]] and private [[landlord]].<ref name="insidehousing1" /> ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' newspaper poked fun at him for falling out with his bank for allegedly taking homeless people off the streets of [[Covent Garden]] in London and putting them in his properties.<ref>{{cite news \| first = Simon \| last = Goodley \| title = Charity doesn't begin at the bank \| publisher = The Daily Telegraph \| date = 6 Mar 2008}}</ref> It was also pointed out in the [[Sunday Mirror]] that housing in his property portfolio had been rented out to immigrant tenants, despite the fact that [[UKIP]] leader [[Nigel Farage]] was calling for greater controls on immigration.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Sommerlad \|first=Nick \|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ukip-housing-spokesman-trousering-fortune-3175130 \|title=UKIP housing spokesman trousering a fortune renting to migrants on benefits despite party's policies - Mirror Online \|publisher=Mirror.co.uk \|date=2014-02-22 \|accessdate=2014-06-13}}</ref> Following [[Freedom of Information Act 2000\|Freedom of Information requests]] in 2015, Charalambous was shown to be among the biggest landlord recipients of [[housing benefit]], having received £826,395 in the last tax year.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Dugan \|first=Emily \|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britains-wealthiest-private-landlords-being-paid-millions-in-housing-benefit-despite-social-housing-being-cut-10208208.html \|title=£827,000: What Ukip's housing spokesman was paid in housing benefit as a private landlord \|publisher=Mirror.co.uk \|date=2015-04-27 \|accessdate=2015-04-27}}</ref>

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