The Rt Hon Robert Halfon is a British Conservative politician who represented Harlow in Parliament from 2010 to 2024. Born on 22 March 1969, he began his political career as a researcher for Conservative MPs, serving as Chief of Staff to Shadow Chancellor Oliver Letwin and later as political director of Conservative Friends of Israel before entering the House of Commons at the 2010 general election.

Throughout his parliamentary career, Halfon focused extensively on education and skills policy. He attended Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party under David Cameron from 2015 to 2016, then served as Minister of State for Skills in Theresa May's government from 2016 to 2017. After a period on the backbenches chairing the Education Select Committee from 2017 to 2022, he returned to ministerial office under Rishi Sunak as Minister of State for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education. Robert Halfon writes commentary for Comment Central.