Luciana Berger
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Luciana Berger MP |
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| Shadow Minister for Mental Health | |
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In office 14 September 2015 – 27 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Keeley |
| Shadow Minister for Public Health | |
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In office 8 October 2013 – 14 September 2015 |
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| Leader |
Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Diane Abbott |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Gwynne |
| Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Jane Kennedy |
| Majority | 24,303 (59.3%) |
| Personal details | |
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Luciana Clare Berger 13 May 1981 London, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Alma mater |
University of Birmingham University of London |
| Website | Official website |
Luciana Clare Berger (born 13 May 1981) is a British Labour Co-operativepolitician who has been the member of parliament (MP) for Liverpool Wavertree since 2010. She was appointed Shadow Minister for Public Health on 8 October 2013, before becoming Shadow Minister for Mental Health on 14 September 2015.
Her activities in Parliament have included campaigning against dangerous dogs and their owners, raising the issue of loopholes that allow companies to avoid their health and safety responsibilities, and food poverty. In November 2012 Berger created a film, Breadline Britain, dealing with food poverty and its implications. She resigned from the Shadow Cabinet on 27 June 2016.
Born in London, and from Wembley, Berger is the great-niece of trade union official and Labour MP Manny Shinwell, who rose be a Minister in the Attlee government. Her father runs a furnishings shop, and her mother was a counsellor in a palliative care unit. The family, according to Berger, was more culturally Jewish than religiously so. She was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, a private school in Elstree, Hertfordshire. She subsequently gained a degree in Commerce with Spanish from the University of Birmingham in 2004. She spent a year studying in ICADE in Madrid.
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