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David Miliband to resign as MP for job at non-profit
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March 27, 2013
Original URL: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/David_Miliband_to_resign_as_MP_for_job_at_non-profit



David Miliband, former UK Foreign secretary, announced today he standing
down as an MP to take the job of President and Chief Executive of the
International Rescue Committee, a non-profit aid organisation based in
New York City. The former Cabinet minister stood for election as leader
of the Labour Party, losing out to his brother, Ed Miliband.

In a letter to Alan Donnelly, chair of the South Shields Constituency
Labour Party, David Miliband lists the reasons for his stepping back
from the limelight of British politics: "After the leadership election,
I felt I could be most helpful to the party on the front line, in South
Shields and around the country, rather than on the front bench in
Parliament. I felt this gave Ed the space and at the same time the
support he needed to lead the party without distraction."

David Miliband expanded the reasons in an interview with the BBC, saying
it had been hard "to accept that I can best help the Labour Party by not
just giving the space between the front bench and the back bench to Ed,
but the space between the front bench and 3,000 miles away".

Ed Miliband praised his brother, saying British politics would be "a
poorer place" without David: "Having spoken to him a lot over the past
few months, I know how long and hard he thought about this before
deciding to take up the offer. I also know how enthusiastic he is about
the potential this job provides."

== Sources == 

* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21950493
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/mar/27/ed-miliband-poorer-place-david
* http://davidmiliband.net/2013/03/letter-to-alan-donnelly-chair-of-south-shields-constituency-labour-party/



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