First ‘Anti-SLAPP’ laws proposed
MP’s have the chance to change the law this week to protect journalists and whistleblowers from wealthy oligarchs misusing English courts...
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LIAM'S LATEST
New retrofitting pilot for Hodge Hill
Housing Retrofit Pilot Councillor Sharon Thompson, Cabinet Member for Housing and Homelessness, presented a report [at Birmingham City...
Herrick Road and Wright Road Walkabout Report
The good residents of Wright Road and Herrick Road invited me on a walkabout to inspect some really stubborn annoying problems. Here’s...
East Birmingham Green Inclusive Growth Taskforce July Update
Part of my work involves chairing the East Birmingham Inclusive Growth taskforce for the city. Over the last year we’ve built up an...
The coming crisis of food, fragility and finance: an agenda for UK action
Speech to the House of Commons Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP Chair, Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Let...
Morally bankrupt billionaires using the UK as a safe deposit box
Today, the Foreign Affairs Committee publishes its report “The Cost of Complacency: illicit finance and the war in Ukraine” (attached). ...
Funders Fair Presentations
We are blessed with some of the most amazing community groups in the world here in Hodge Hill.Last week I brought some of them together...
Liam Byrne Statement On IEP Report
“I am extremely grateful to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards and to the Independent Expert Panel for their thorough...
Learning from US efforts to take down the Kleptosphere
I thought I’d share a few brief things from the US Congress where we’ve been discussing ideas to work harder together to take down the...
Parliamentarians from around the world unite to call on IMF and World Bank to act on Ukraine crisis
Parliamentarians from twenty seven countries have come together to call on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to rapidly...
Children put at risk as problem drinking rises sharply – but cuts deepen to alcohol addiction
Children put at risk as problem drinking rises sharply – but cuts deepen to alcohol addiction services. More children of parents who...
We can’t have clean politics if politics is awash with dark and dirty money
We can’t have clean politics if politics is awash with dark and dirty money. That’s why MP’s have today tabled the ‘Pandora amendments’...
Liam Byrne elected Chair of Parliamentary Network on World Bank and International Monetary Fund
The Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hodge Hill, Liam Byrne, has been re-elected Chair of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank...
I am hiring – Event Organiser
Event Organiser Liam Byrne is seeking a flexible, part time event organiser to work as a Senior Administrative Officer supporting his...
I am hiring – Economic advisor
Liam Byrne MP is recruiting an economic advisor to support him in his work as Chair of the APPG on Inclusive Growth, Chair of the...
Building Green Inclusive Growth: Where to Start
Remarks to CPP Inclusive Growth Conference Wed 20 October 2021. Charlotte, thanks so much for bringing us together. We’re so proud...
Help information – Afganistan
My colleague Abena Oppong-Asare MP has compiled a useful list of contacts, advice and support. Y0u can access this list here: ...
Speech: Competition Policy for the Common Good
Three Ways To Fix Britain’s Broken Competiton Regime Speech to Westminster Forum Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP Chair, Parliamentary...
Global Alliance of Parliamentarians Calls on G7 to Halt Pandemic of Poverty
Global alliance of Parliamentarians urge G7 leaders to head off ‘pandemic of poverty’ Immediate Release Parliamentarians from...
Child poverty going from bad to worse, new figures show
7 Years ago I warned that Child Poverty was costing our city over £1 billion. Now, new figures from @IIECP show things are going from bad...
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