March 2012

Byrne’s Brum bid: what the papers say

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Published March 29, 2012, in Politics


  • The is worth reading on Friday morning – Jon Walker has a sit-down interview with Liam Byrne in which the shadow Work and Pensions Secretary explains why he wants to be Brum’s mayor. There’s a teaser piece online  and the full piece will no doubt be online at some point, but I for one will be in the newsagents first thing!
  • The Independent dwells on the impications for Ed Milliband’s senior team, saying:

The departure of Mr Byrne, currently Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary would surprise many Labour MPs and would disappoint fellow Blairites, some of whom are unhappy with the party’s direction under Ed Miliband.

  • weighs up Byrne’s chances against Labour rivals:

The Labour vote will take place in May, and Byrne’s opponents will argue that he may not have given himself enough time to mount a campaign capable of defeating rivals who have been working for nearly a year to garner support. He will remain in the shadow cabinet in the interim.

Sion Simon camp ‘unfazed’ by Byrne mayoral bid

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Published March 29, 2012, in Elected mayors


Liam Byrne’s dramatic announcement that he is to run for mayor of Birmingham had been half expected by Sion Simon’s backers.

With his Hodge Hill seat set to disappear at the next General Election, and his attempts to find an alternative constituency having failed, Mr Byrne’s only chance of remaining anywhere near the top table of politics was likely to revolve around running Birmingham.

But friends of Mr Simon were quick to claim that “this

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Byrne’s bid moves mayoral race up a notch

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Published March 29, 2012, in Elected mayors


Liam Byrne MP (Photo credit: Community Links)

Mayoral campaign veterans, the Lords Heseltine and Adonis were banging the drum as enthusiastically as ever during this afternoon’s debate staged by the Institute for Government when the Twitter-fed rumour mill announced Liam Byrne was stepping forward as a candidate.

Labour hopefuls Sir Albert Bore and Gisela Stuart were seen deep in conversation on the fringes of the event, their furrowed brows indicating something was afoot.

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Cameron boosts chances of Birmingham getting a mayor – but has he handed an opportunity to Liam Byrne?

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Published March 29, 2012, in Elected mayors, Politics


Birmingham’s mayoral debate has moved a long way in a comparatively short space of time.

A few months ago talk was confined to how on earth enough people would be persuaded to vote yes in the referendum when the Government stubbornly refused to specify the additional powers and budgets that cities would gain if they opted for a mayor.

There were desperate-sounding hints from Ministers that cities voting against a mayor could still qualify for “City Deals”, based

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Lib Dem Peer and former city leader is mayoral convert

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Published March 28, 2012, in Opinion


Lord Shipley: Mayoral convert

The key question being addressed by the Warwick (University) Commission on Elected Mayors and Civic Leadership could hardly be more topical or, as Referendum Day rapidly approaches, more urgent: In the circumstances, it is perhaps a little disappointing that we’ve heard even less from the Commission than we have

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