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Liz Kendall
MP for Leicester West
Labour
Background
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Education
University of Cambridge · Queens' College · Watford Grammar School for Girls
Roles
Director
Ambulance Services Network
until 2010
Special adviser
Department of Trade and Industry, then Department of Health
from 2001
Worked for Patricia Hewitt and was involved in bringing in the smoking ban in 2006.
Director
Maternity Alliance
Director of the charity for pregnant women.
Fellow
King's Fund
1998
Awarded a fellowship by the health charity and wrote research papers for the IPPR.
Special adviser to Harriet Harman
Department of Social Security
1996-1998
Became a political adviser to Harriet Harman in 1996 and then her government special adviser after the 1997 general election.
Researcher
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
from 1993
Worked in the area of child development and early years learning.
Reports mentioning this MP
- DWP Algorithm Flags Foreign Claimants Three Times as Often24 October 2026 · 3 min read
DWP's algorithm flags foreign nationals for fraud checks 3.35 times as often, without more refusals. A promised retrained model is not live.