Alan Milburn

Alan Milburn (born 27 January 1958) is a Labour MP for Darlington. He was Chief Secretary at Treasury from December 1998 to October 1999, and Secretary of State at Department of Health between October 1999 and June 2003.

Biographical Information

Current activities

In May 2007 Milburn became an advisor to Pepsico one of the organisations involved in Business4life the business consortium behind the Department of Health's Change4life anti-obesity initiative. Pepsico and its subsidiary Walkers Crisps are clients of Freud Communications. Freud Communications were hired by the Department of Health to run its anti-obesity campaign.

Affiliations

• Adviser, PepsiCo (http://www.pepsico.com/) - American soft drinks giant
• Adviser, Covidien (http://www.covidien.com/) - American health care company
• Adviser, Lloydspharmacy (http://www.lloydspharmacy.com/) - UK pharmacy

Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes

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Resources

• Smithers, Rebecca, "Beyoncé, Britney ... Milburn? Ex-minister takes Pepsi challenge," Guardian, 30 May 2007, accessed 28 November 2008.
• Swaine, Jon, "MPs could face ban on second jobs," Telegraph, 24 July 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.
• They Work For You, Alan Milburn MP, accessed 28 November 2008.
• Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts," The Sunday Times, 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.
• Walker, Tim, "Milburn in the money," Telegraph, 30 April 2008, accessed 28 November 2008.