Tom Levitt (born 10 April 1954) is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for High Peak from the 1997 to 2010 general elections.
These deal with the way local authorities provide services for people with hearing and visual impairments.
As one of the few MPs with a qualification in British Sign Language, Levitt was an elected Trustee of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) from 1998 to 2003.
Levitt resigned his membership of the Labour Party in April 2019, describing the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn as "incompetent, hypocritical and profoundly wrong on key issues".
[5] Levitt spent £8,013 on a new bathroom in his London flat;[6] however, only £6,335 of this was paid because he had exceeded the maximum spend.
[5] In 2007, it had been revealed that Levitt had, of all MPs, claimed the eighth highest total expenses—£168,660 in 2006–2007, an increase of £29,103 on the previous year.
[9] He has also written two books on similar subjects, Welcome to Good Co[10] and in 2018, the Company Citizen[11] about which former Unilever CEO Paul Polman said ‘Never has the case for business to step up and help solve society’s challenges been greater.