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 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor – week ending 02 August 2026 Read what people have been writing to our editor about this week. Find out how to share your… LabourList Staff 2nd August, 2026, 4:00 pm Comment ‘If Andy Burnham wants growth in every postcode, he needs a Minister for Women’s Health’ Andy Burnham is right to argue that economic growth should reach every postcode. But if his government is… Elizabeth Carr-Ellis 2nd August, 2026, 10:00 am Comment ‘We won’t widen opportunity until we widen our definition of success’ When the Prime Minister held up a graduation cap in one hand and a hard hat in the… Vonnie Sandlan 1st August, 2026, 2:00 pm
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