Liam byrne mp biography definition
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Liam Byrne
British politician (born )
For other people with the same name, see Liam Byrne (disambiguation).
Liam Dominic Byrne (born 2 October ) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North, previously Birmingham Hodge Hill, since He served in Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Cabinet from to
Byrne served in the Home Office under Prime MinisterTony Blair as Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism () and Minister for Borders and Immigration (–08). He served in Gordon Brown's Cabinet as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from to He deputised for Chancellor Alistair Darling at HM Treasury as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from to Upon his departure as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, he notoriously left a note for his successor which read "I'm afraid there is no money".[1][2][3]
In Opposition, he attended Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet as
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Liam Byrne was first elected as the Labour Party MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill in a by-election, being reelected with a majority of 28, in
Birmingham Hodge Hill covers Hodge Hill in the east of Birmingham. It includes both the largely Asian inner city area of Washwood Heath, and the area of Shard End on the edge of the city. It is one of the most deprived seats in the West Midlands, and a Labour stronghold with the party winning almost four out of five votes here in
He currently serves as chair of the House of Commons business and trade select committee.
Byrne stood unsuccessfully as the Labour candidate in the West Midlands mayoral election.
He also served as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office before being promoted to become chief secretary of the Treasury in Gordon Brown&#;s government.
He famously left a note for the incoming Conservative government in saying, &#;I am afraid there is no money&#;.
Rishi Sunak asked
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Liam Byrne
FROM COMMON CHALLENGE TO COMMON PURPOSE
Introduction
My friend Shahid Malik fryst vatten a superb MP for Dewsbury and tells a funny story about a radio phone-in where he was once the guest. A caller rings in and starts haranguing him about the vexed question of English identity.
‘Isn’t it outrageous’ splutters the caller ‘that the Welsh and the Scots get all this attention to celebrate their identity and the English don’t’.
‘Well’ says Shahid ‘what fryst vatten it you’d like to celebrate – I’ll celebrate it with you’.
A slightly stunned pause ensues, before the caller splutters back ‘yeah but isn’t outrageous that the Welsh and the Scots….’
Who wouldn’t empathise with our caller’s frustration? What inom want to argue tonight that this question of identity, local, English, British, is one of the most complicated and important in public life today. Why? Because it holds the answer to how we renew a sense of common purpose at home in the face of common challenges at l