AuthorRichard Burden

I was Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield between 1992 and 2019 and a former Shadow Transport Minister. I now chair Healthwatch in Birmingham and Solihull, and the West Midlands Board of Remembering Srebrenica. I also work as a public affairs consultant. I am an effective community advocate and stakeholder alliance builder with a passion for human rights. I am a trustee of the Balfour Project charity and of Citizens Advice Birmingham, and a former Chair of Medical Aid for Palestinians.

Events in Gaza and West Bank – British MPs call for urgent Parliamentary debate and action by the International community

Middle East, World
9 June 2006
3 minute read
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In Parliament today, MPs raised the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Middle East and the disproportionate attacks made by Israel on the Palestinians following the kidnapping of Israeli Corporal Gilad Shalit on Sunday night. MPs, including former Labour Shadow Foreign Secretary, Sir Gerald Kaufman MP, called for an urgent statement and a full Parliamentary debate on the British response to …

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Nanjing plans to re-start production at Longbridge

MG/Rover/Longbridge, Motor industry, Northfield area
29 May 2006
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Richard Burden MP joined Government Minister Mike O’Brien MP and other guests on Tuesday 29th May when it was announced that the production of MGs will restart at the Longbridge factory in his constituency. The MG marque is now owned by Nanjing Automobile Corporation (NAC) and tomorrow’s ceremony will be attended by senior officials from NAC and by Liang Bao Hua, the Governor of Jiangsu province …

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Comments from Longbridge MP on MG Rover: one year on

MG/Rover/Longbridge, Motor industry / motorsport
7 April 2006
6 minute read
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EMOTIONS THE COLLAPSE OF MG ROVER HAS GENERATED “The ending of production at Longbridge, felt like a bereavement, and it takes time to recover from that. And people have been through the roller coaster of emotions that go with bereavement. Shock, grief, anger, denial and then a determination to face a changed future. The closure, after 99 years of car manufacturing, of a factory which has been …

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Longbridge MP comments on National Audit Office Report into MG Rover

MG/Rover/Longbridge, Motor industry / motorsport
10 March 2006
6 minute read
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Richard Burden MP, whose constituency includes the Longbridge car plant, has welcomed the publication of the National Audit Office report into the closure of MG Rover. Mr Burden said today: “The NAO has produced a balanced and comprehensive report which rightly underlines the significance of MG Rover to the economy of the West Midlands and the pace of events which led up to the closure of …

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Statement on the result of the Israeli elections

Middle East, World
9 March 2006
2 minute read
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Commenting on the result of the elections in Israel, Richard Burden MP, Chair of the Britain-Palestine All-Party Parliamentary Group, today said: “When the results of the Palestinian election were announced the international community was very clear about the importance of the new Palestinian government standing by international law and international agreements. “It is important that an equally …

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Work still to be done

MG/Rover/Longbridge, Motor industry / motorsport
19 January 2006
2 minute read
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In Parliament today Richard Burden, Labour MP for Birmingham Northfield which includes the site of the former MG Rover factory, praised the Trade and Industry Secretary on the achievements so far of the MG Rover Task Force but reiterated his concern that there still remains a considerable number of people without jobs and an urgent need for regeneration in the South West Birmingham area. In …

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Richard Burden

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I was Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield between 1992 and 2019 and a former Shadow Transport Minister. I now chair Healthwatch in Birmingham and Solihull, and the West Midlands Board of Remembering Srebrenica. I also work as a public affairs consultant. I am an effective community advocate and stakeholder alliance builder with a passion for human rights. I am a trustee of the Balfour Project charity and of Citizens Advice Birmingham, and a former Chair of Medical Aid for Palestinians.

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