Kitty Ussher Politician

Katharine Anne "Kitty" Ussher (born 18 March 1971) is a British economist and former Labour Party politician who is now Managing Director of Tooley Street Research. She is also Chief Economic Adviser for Portland, a member of TheCityUK's Independent Economists' Panel and has associate arrangements with a number of London-based think-tanks.After training as an economist, she was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Burnley from 2005 until 2010, succeeding Peter Pike. She served as a minister in Gordon Brown's Government from 2007–09, mainly at the Treasury but also at the Department for Work and Pensions. She did not stand in the 2010 election citing the desire for a more normal family life while her children were young.

Personal facts

Birth date	March 18, 1971
Birth place	Buckinghamshire , Aylesbury
Nationality	United Kingdom
Education	Birkbeck University of London Balliol College Oxford

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Member of parliament

prime minister	Gordon Brown
successor	Ian Pearson Gordon Birtwistle Helen Goodman Sarah McCarthy-Fry

Politician

office	Member of Parliament Economic Secretary to the Treasury for Burnley Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
party	Labour Party (UK)