Economic crime is a national security issue
Last night the Commons debated the Foreign Affairs Committee's reports on illicit finance - so I set out where the Government has made...
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'Defending the Rights Based Order' | Speech to the Commons Defence Debate
The 'Rules Based Order' is a staple of our foreign policy discourse. But the truth is, we need a far clearer strategy for defending the...
The case for seizing Russian Assets to rebuild Ukraine | Speech to the House of Commons
No-one forgets their first visit to Kyev - or the posters everywhere with a simple message: 'Be brave like Ukraine'. Ministers should...
THREE EAST BIRMINGHAM SCHOOLS WIN EARTHSHOT CHALLENGE
Today, three Hodge Hill schools are celebrating thousands of pounds in prize money as they topped the table in the first Hodge Hill...
THE EAST BRUM TRAM
So, this week I led the debate in the House of Commons on the East Birmingham Tram. It's a critical bit of infrastructure that will help...
The sinews of peace in the 21st century
Remarks to Chatham House, Thursday 8 June 2023 It's an honour to join your panel this evening on whether the UK can afford 'global...
What have they got to hide?
Here's my piece for Open Democracy today on the scandal of ministerial stonewalling about sanctions evasion: https://www.opendemocracy.ne...
Time to get tough on sanctions evasion
For those who missed our debate on financing Ukraine reconstruction in the House of Commons last night, I thought I'd share some of the...
A tilt or a nod?
So today we saw the Integrated Review ‘refresh’. Some good stuff in it. But: this government’s challenge is that they are a serially...
‘We have a shared duty to help rebuild Ukraine’
Remarks to Inter-Parliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Prague, 5 September 2022 Chairman, thanks so much...
Our Bretton Woods institutions are key to debt diplomacy
For some years now, we have been having a debate in this country and among our allies about the influence of China and this vexed,...
Winning the Information Battlespace: An Agenda for Democrats
Remarks to OECD Parliamentary Network, Saeima of the Republic of Latvia Thanks you much, Mr. Chairman for that kind introduction. It’s...
Johnson’s Looming Trade War
Boris Johnson’s law breaking is about to cost us a fortune Liam Byrne, Tom Tugendhat and Vice President Sefcovic at the Berlaymont As...
How to improve the National Security Bill in just one clause
The National Security Bill got a fairly warm welcome when it came to second reading. But it’s missing one crucial component: measures to...
Liams Biography
Liam is the Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, a member of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, elected Chair of the Global Parliamentary...
The Kanonosphere vs the Kleptosphere: The Post Invasion Equation
As the Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine this week, we had a debate in Parliament about the shape of things to come. Here’s my speech for...
Frozen but enjoyed? A quick guide to asset freezing
An Oligarch’s yacht sets sail Why isn’t Britain actually seizing the yachts, jets, mansions – or football clubs of Putin’s mates, when EU...
Russian gas and gravy trains
Graphic: The Daily Telegraph How to kick our dependence on both Quite rightly there’s a debate about how we kick European dependence on...
The dream of peace in the Balkans cauldron
Fitzroy Maclean, the great soldier-diplomat who organised supplies for Marshal Tito, once observed that the many diverse people of former...
The dream of peace in the Balkans cauldron
Fitzroy Maclean, the great soldier-diplomat who organised supplies for Marshal Tito, once observed that the many diverse people of former...
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