Susan Jane Nye, Baroness Nye (born 17 May 1955) is the former Director of Government Relations and former diary secretary to ex-

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. In May 2010 it was announced that Nye would be named a

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in the Dissolution Honours List. On 19 July 2010 she became a Labour Party Peer, as Baroness Nye, of

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in the

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Early life

She was born at

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. She initially lived on Leander Road in

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. She went to a local primary school. Her father left the home and moved to South Africa, and her mother moved to

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. She passed the eleven-plus and went to

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Career

Nye worked as a civil servant before becoming an employee of the Labour Party. She worked for

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's office when he became Labour Party leader. Her friendship with

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's political secretary

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provided a back channel between the warring factions during Blair's premiership. In '' The Deal'', Nye was portrayed by

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Personal life

Nye married

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, the former

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chairman and former

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worker, in

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, north London, in August 1989. They live in

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, having moved there to give their daughter the opportunity to attend a better school. The couple also have two sons and a further home in

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Brown's Team in Place for March on No. 10
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'', 12 May 2007. * Martin Kettle
The Granita guarantee decoded
''

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'', 6 June 2003. *BBC
Dissolution Honours
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