Liam Byrne is the Member of Parliament for Birmingham, Hodge Hill and Shadow Minister for Universities, Science and Skills.
In government Liam has served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Minister for the Cabinet Office, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister of State responsible for immigration at the Home Office. In Opposition, Liam has chaired Labour’s policy review, led the Shadow DWP team and is now Shadow Minister for Universities, Science and Skills.
Liam has written widely about Britain’s future and is a passionate advocate of closer ties between Britain and Asia. His book Turning to Face the East was published by Guardian Books this year. He is also the author of the Road to Full Employment (Fabians 2013), Reinventing Government Again (SMF, 2009) and Local Government Transformed (Baseline, 2005).
