24th February, 2011, 9:01 am AV campaign turns nasty: 8 in the morning – February 24th Mark Ferguson Share this article: By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * Voting reform campaign “turns nasty”. * Yes campaign lead by 12 points in latest poll. * The Sun try to stir discontent in the Labour Party by claiming that David Miliband was offered the shadow chancellor post. * “Bed blocking” threatens NHS. * Teenagers seek judicial review of tuition fees. * “Rich councils” could keep business rates. * Interest rates could rise in March. * And youth unemployment looks set to soar. Mark Ferguson Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015. View all articles by Mark Ferguson Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList Comment ‘It’s time for Labour to deliver on its promise for the UK’s touring musicians and creatives’ “We will…. seek to …. help our touring artists,” said the 2024 Labour manifesto. It was a simple… Maddy Radcliff & Imogen Tyreman 7th May, 2026, 6:00 am Columnist Ben Cooper column: ‘Labour must help families build towards their dreams’ Today millions of people across England will be voting Reform or Green at the local elections. They will… Ben Cooper 7th May, 2026, 6:00 am News Rough sleeping in London falls 11% under Sadiq Khan’s homelessness strategy New official figures show rough sleeping in London has fallen by 11 percent under Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan’s… James Tibbitts 6th May, 2026, 11:55 am
Mark Ferguson Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015. View all articles by Mark Ferguson
Comment ‘It’s time for Labour to deliver on its promise for the UK’s touring musicians and creatives’ “We will…. seek to …. help our touring artists,” said the 2024 Labour manifesto. It was a simple… Maddy Radcliff & Imogen Tyreman 7th May, 2026, 6:00 am
Columnist Ben Cooper column: ‘Labour must help families build towards their dreams’ Today millions of people across England will be voting Reform or Green at the local elections. They will… Ben Cooper 7th May, 2026, 6:00 am
News Rough sleeping in London falls 11% under Sadiq Khan’s homelessness strategy New official figures show rough sleeping in London has fallen by 11 percent under Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan’s… James Tibbitts 6th May, 2026, 11:55 am
More from LabourList
‘It’s time for Labour to deliver on its promise for the UK’s touring musicians and creatives’
Ben Cooper column: ‘Labour must help families build towards their dreams’
Rough sleeping in London falls 11% under Sadiq Khan’s homelessness strategy