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 News Government to drop security services exemption from Hillsborough Law Plans to give security services an exemption from giving evidence to public inquiries is due to be dropped… Daniel Green 13th April, 2026, 4:12 pm News Scottish Labour ‘best choice to stop SNP’ in two-thirds of Scottish seats Scottish Labour is the best option to stop the SNP in almost two-thirds of Holyrood constituencies, a tactical… Daniel Green 13th April, 2026, 2:31 pm Analysis ‘Marginal gains’ In the UK we are now in a world of multi-party politics, but very little of the debate… Emma Burnell 13th April, 2026, 9:58 am
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