Sunday, January 16, 2022

The Baron Myners, CBE 1948-2022

 Lord Myners, CBE, a Labour life peer, died 16 January, 2022. He was 73.

Paul Myners, who was born 1 April 1948, was a British businessman and politician. He was the Financial Services Secretary (sometimes referred to as City Minister) in HM Treasury, the UK's finance ministry, during the Labour Government of Gordon Brown. He held the position from October 2008 until May 2010, and was made a life peer in consequence of his appointment, as he was not an elected Member of Parliament. He also served on the Prime Minister's National Economic Council. He sat in the House of Lords as a Labour peer (2008–2014), then a non-affiliated peer, and then as a crossbencher.


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