3rd March, 2011, 8:45 am MPs expenses cut by a third: 8 in the morning – March 3rd Mark Ferguson Share this article: By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * MPs expenses down by 35%. * Wholsesale privatisation – not what people voted for. * Intervention would “poison” Arab revolution, says Seamus Milne. * Murdoch to drop Sky News as part of merger bid. * Doctors reject NHS reforms. * Voters go to the polls in Wales. * Sure Start cuts “hit poorest hardest”. * And the coalition searches for “killer apps”. 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 ‘Britain’s coastal towns are the front line of national renewal’ As an island nation is there anything more symbolic than the British coastal line? Stretching over 19,000 miles,… Beccy Cooper 21st January, 2026, 6:00 am Comment ‘Tackling the ‘always-on environment’ is how Labour can protect under-16s’ In the last few days, the debate around social media and its impact on young people has reached… Michael Wheeler 21st January, 2026, 6:00 am Comment ‘After a lost decade on home upgrades, Labour is turning up the heat’ Throughout our history, when Labour Governments confront housing conditions that hold working people back, we don’t tinker at… Martin McCluskey 21st January, 2026, 6:00 am
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