28th April, 2011, 9:52 am The Osborne Effect Mark Ferguson Share this article: Any questions? 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 14 December 2025 Read what people have been writing to our editor about this week. Find out how to share your… LabourList Staff 14th December, 2025, 4:00 pm Comment ‘Like changes to winter fuel allowance, lifting the two-child cap may be easy in Parliament — and risky everywhere else’ There were two leading motivations behind the government’s decision to lift the two-child benefit cap. The first was… James Osborne 13th December, 2025, 9:35 am News ‘No racist is going to make me feel I don’t belong’: Shabana Mahmood on resilience, faith and public service Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has opened up about the importance of her faith in coming to politics –… Daniel Green 12th December, 2025, 2:30 pm
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
Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor – week ending 14 December 2025 Read what people have been writing to our editor about this week. Find out how to share your… LabourList Staff 14th December, 2025, 4:00 pm
Comment ‘Like changes to winter fuel allowance, lifting the two-child cap may be easy in Parliament — and risky everywhere else’ There were two leading motivations behind the government’s decision to lift the two-child benefit cap. The first was… James Osborne 13th December, 2025, 9:35 am
News ‘No racist is going to make me feel I don’t belong’: Shabana Mahmood on resilience, faith and public service Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has opened up about the importance of her faith in coming to politics –… Daniel Green 12th December, 2025, 2:30 pm
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