Liam Byrne

The Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP is a British Labour Party politician, a member of His Majesty’s Privy Council and the Chair of the House of Commons Business and Trade Select Committee. Liam served in Gordon Brown’s Cabinet, in No. 10 Downing Street and HM Treasury, and chaired the Global Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF, 2019–2025.

Liam is the author of more than twenty publications on economics, foreign policy and public service reform. His previous book, The Inequality of Wealth: Why it Matters and How to Fix it, was shortlisted for the Westminster Book Awards 2024.