The Office of Rt Hon Des Browne MP

View Des' immediate statement following Diageo's announcement to close the Kilmarnock packaging plant on his website desbrownemp.co.uk

View the BBC interview with Des on the BBC website

It is now twelve years since New Labour came to power. Each and every year, this country has benefited from changes that this party is proud to have made happen.

Below, you can watch Eddie Izzard talking about the things that we’ve done in government that he’s most proud of – and I’m keen to find out what you're particularly proud of.

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Join the online discussion about the new Children's Home in Kilmarnock here.

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Below is the speech Des made at the inaugural constituency Labour Party meeting in Belfast Monday 24 February 2009.

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Colleagues, friends, its great to be back in Belfast.

Thank you for doing me the honour of inviting me to be the guest speaker at the inaugural constituency party meeting of the Labour Party in Northern Ireland.

Truly, this is a great day for the Labour Party and a great day for its growing Northern Ireland membership.

This day is a testament to the achievements of many of… Continue