Career
Prior to her election she worked as chief economist for Britain in Europe and as an economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Centre for European Reform. In addition she has worked as secretary to Paul Boateng and as researcher to MPs Martin O’Neill, Kim Howells and Adam Ingram. From 2001 until her selection as a parliamentary candidate in 2004 she was special adviser to Patricia Hewitt in the Department of Trade and Industry. She served as a councillor in the London Borough of Lambeth for Vassall ward from 1998 to 2002 where she chaired the finance and environment scrutiny committees.
After deciding not to seek re-election at the 2010 UK General Election, but said that she would return to politics possibly when her children were older. Ussher commenced work for the Demos think tank. Ussher now works for the Smith Institute. In late 2011, she wrote for Policy Network in favour of In the Black Labour, calling on her party to embrace a language of fiscal responsibility, reforming the market and reforming welfare. She called for balanced budget legislation, rent controls in the private rented sector and looking as to whether wealthy individuals should keep certain universal benefits.
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