Will was first elected as Member of Parliament for Colchester in 2015. He was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions on 4^th April 2019.

The minister’s responsibilities include:

• overall management and delivery of Universal Credit
• support for disadvantaged groups in Universal Credit including care leavers, prison leavers, survivors of domestic abuse, people with drug or alcohol dependency, rough sleepers and those who are facing homelessness
• housing policy and Housing Benefit delivery
• ‘Help to Claim’ service
• poverty
• benefit uprating
• military covenant
• fraud, error and debt.

Previously, Will was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence, Gavin Williamson.

Before being elected to Parliament, Will worked in business and practised as a solicitor. He has also been a local charity trustee, school governor and served as a councillor on Colchester Borough Council.

Will is married with two young daughters.