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 ‘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
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