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Liam Byrne

Labour backbench MP who tabled amendment NC34 pressing for a permanent statutory ban on cryptocurrency political donations.

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Tabled amendment NC34 pressing for a permanent statutory ban

UK Local Elections 2026: Byrne pushes for a permanent crypto ban
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Common Questions
What is amendment NC34?
NC34 is a Report-stage amendment tabled by Labour MP Liam Byrne to the Representation of the People Bill, seeking a permanent statutory ban on Cryptocurrency donations to political parties.Source: event
Who is Liam Byrne?
Liam Byrne is the Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North, chair of the Business and Trade Select Committee, and a former Chief Secretary to the Treasury.Source: event
Why does Liam Byrne want a permanent crypto donation ban?
Byrne argues the government's temporary moratorium on Cryptocurrency political donations does not go FAR enough and wants the restriction written permanently into law.Source: event

Background

Liam Byrne tabled amendment NC34 to the Representation of the People Bill at Report stage, pressing for a permanent statutory ban on Cryptocurrency political donations that goes further than the government's own moratorium.

Byrne sits as Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North and chairs the Business and Trade Select Committee. He served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury under Gordon Brown, and became widely known for the note he Left his successor in 2010 reading "I'm afraid there is no money".

His amendment lands as the Bill, delayed from May's King's Speech, reaches Report stage and Third Reading in the Commons, in the same week that ministers moved their own backdated crypto-donation moratorium and police opened an investigation into a Reform UK donor's payments.