Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Jane Kennedy MP was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury in June 2007. She has strategic oversight of taxation as a whole, including overall responsibility for the Finance Bill, HM Revenue and Customs, and European and international tax issues.
Since 1997 Jane has been member for Liverpool Wavertree and before that was member for Liverpool Broadgreen from 1992-1997. She was educated at Haughton School in Darlington, Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College and Liverpool University.
Jane has previously been a Minister of State in the Department of Health (2005-06), Department of Work and Pensions (2004-05) and Northern Ireland Office (2001-2004) and Parliamentary Secretary in the Lord Chancellor's Department (1999-2001). She has also served as a Government Whip (1998-99) and was a member of the Administration Select Committee (1997-99).
Earlier in her career Jane was residential child care officer at Liverpool City Council (LCC) (1979-1983) and care assistant at LCC Social Services (1983-88). Other past roles include Branch Secretary (1983-88) and Area Organiser (1988-92) of the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE).
Born in 1958, Jane lives with her partner Peter and has two sons. Her interests include walking, training dogs and horse-riding. Jane was also chair of Labour Friends of Israel from 1997-98 and from 2006-07.
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