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 ‘Michael Marra and the challenge of rebuilding Scottish Labour’ Dodging a daunting queue snaking around Glasgow University’s main building on Tuesday past, I visited the uni Labour… Francesca Brennan 19th September, 2026, 1:00 pm News Michael Marra elected leader of Scottish Labour, succeeding Anas Sarwar Michael Marra has been elected as the new leader of Scottish Labour, succeeding Anas Sarwar. Marra, a regional… Daniel Green 19th September, 2026, 11:23 am Uncategorized ‘Tackling the common-law marriage myth’ A woman recently came to my constituency surgery and described her difficulties after the death of her long-term… Mary Creagh MP 19th September, 2026, 10:00 am
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