14th February, 2011, 9:07 am

Labour want military covenant on statute books: 8 in the morning – February 14th

Mark Ferguson

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Jim Murphy demands military covenant.

* Osborne running scared of Ed Balls.

* Why the big society relaunch needs a rethink.

* Cameron’s mission impossible.

* MPs may sit all night to meet AV referendum deadline.

* Unions seek extra bank bonus tax.

* Why tax avoidance makes us all worse off…

* And Charlie Brooker on crude tabloid propaganda.

Mark Ferguson

Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.

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