Joel Barnett

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Constituency Abolished
Personal details
Born(1923-10-14)14 October 1923
Manchester, England
Died1 November 2014(2014-11-01) (aged 91)
Manchester, England
Political partyLabour

Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett,

Barnett Formula that allocates public spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.[1]

Career

Barnett was born in

Prestwich Borough Council 1956-1959 and was treasurer of Manchester Fabian Society.[3] Barnett stood in Runcorn in 1959 without success. He was elected member of parliament for Heywood and Royton in 1964. He was a member of the Public Accounts Committee
from January 1966.

Barnett served as

Barnett Formula by which public spending is apportioned between England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. He subsequently joked about the strange and unexpected form of immortality that was accorded to him by "having his own formula". Following the Scotland Act 1998 and devolution, he argued that the Formula was unfair to England and should be abandoned or revised.[4] He reiterated this view in 2014 shortly before the Scottish independence referendum, calling the Formula unsustainable and saying it had become an embarrassment.[5]

Barnett held the Chairmanship of the

Marmaduke Hussey told Director-General Alasdair Milne he would have to leave the BBC.[8][6] He died on 1 November 2014, aged 91.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Lord Barnett, creator of formula for UK spending allocations, dies, BBC News, 3 November 2014
  2. ^ "Joel Barnett". Jewish Lives Project. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Lord Barnett – obituary", The Telegraph, 3 November 2014
  4. ^ Call for funding shake-up, BBC News, 22 June 2000
  5. ^ My funding formula for Scotland is a 'terrible mistake', Lord Barnett admits, The Telegraph, 16 September 2014
  6. ^ a b Lord Barnett obituary, The Guardian, 3 November 2014
  7. ^ "No. 49499". The London Gazette. 5 October 1983. p. 13005.
  8. ^ DG: The Memoirs of a British Broadcaster. p. 201.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Heywood and Royton
19641983
Constituency abolished
Political offices
Preceded by Chief Secretary to the Treasury
1974–1979
Succeeded by