Liam Byrne has caught the Brown bug - not for raging in his underpants you understand, but for fiscal conceits. Tony Wright, the Treasury Select Committee Chairman, called Liam Byrne (and the opposition as well) to task for misleading the public on the dire effects of cuts. Wright may be proved right: frontline services could well be decimated by the cessation of funding. But he missed Byrne’...

Guido publishes Liam Byrne's operational notes for an off again, on again press briefing. Without going into the arrangements, I was intrigued by this: Liam Byrne MP, Labour’s Chief Secretary to the Treasury, sets out the choice facing voters between...

I’ve just finished ploughing my way through Liam Byrne’s A More United Kingdom. The 27 suggestions on how to celebrate Britishness have been correctly ridiculed elsewhere, so I won’t go into that, but just for the record I wanted to pass comment on his personal views on identity and the Union. It feels a little

Could Liam Byrne be the next leader of the Labour Party? Alright, yes I know. But pipe down and let me elaborate. When Andy Burnham's name started to be circulated as a leadership contender, many thought it was risible. I...

Have just come across this brilliant use of YouTube by Liam Byrne. Credit where credit is due - what a good idea. Highlight rubbish tipping on a YouTube video, upload it to the local MP's blog-like website. He can be bring quick results when the council executive responsible for street cleaning can see where he has missed rubbish. Videoing and shaming... Cost of operation to Liam Byrne and the tax...

Liam Byrne MP, Labour's Cabinet Office minister, today warned that Tory cuts in this recession would run deep. Speaking as Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, set out major reforms to improve public services, Liam Byrne said: "Labour are reforming public services to give everyone real help through this downturn and real hope for the future, a future of strong commu...

Seems that our politicians are queuing up to let us know that after the next election - when they are safely enconced in power - taxes will be going UP! Labour may increase taxes again if it wins the next election, Treasury minister Liam Byrne signalled today. The new Chief Secretary to the Treasury stressed that difficult decisions would need to be made on taxes and spending to get the public fin...

Liam Byrne MP, Labour's Cabinet Office minister, today warned that Tory cuts in this recession would run deep. Speaking as Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, set out major reforms to improve public services, Liam Byrne said: "Labour are reforming public services to give everyone real help through this downturn and real hope for the future, a future of strong commu...

Liam Byrne MP, Labour's Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, speaking the Labour Party Conference today, said: You know, I thought our new leader – Ed Miliband – got the tone pitch perfect on Saturday. For us, this conference is our chance to reflect with humility and pride. On our record and what we do next to win. Nowhere is that more true than on the economy. And on no other...

Liam Byrne MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on today’s unemployment statistics, said: