10th June, 2012, 7:01 pm Twigg: Labour won’t close Free Schools Mark Ferguson Share this article: Stephen Twigg reiterated in his interview with Andrew Neil on the Sunday Politics what he told me when I interviewed him for Total Politics a few months ago – Labour won’t close Free Schools. Watch the interview below: Tags: Education / Stephen Twigg / Free Schools / 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 ‘The High Court judgment brings more uncertainty for the trans community’ On Friday, the High Court handed down its decision in a case brought by Good Law Project against… Alex Charilaou 17th February, 2026, 6:00 am Comment ‘There are good and bad businesses. Labour needs to be able to explain the difference’ When Ed Miliband outlined his distinction between productive and predatory capitalism in a speech at the 2011 Labour… Jack Jeffrey 17th February, 2026, 6:00 am Comment ‘This ruling should now remove any remaining barrier to approval of EHRC code’ Labour Women’s Declaration welcomes the High Court’s dismissal of the Good Law Project and three anonymous parties’ challenge… Angie McEvoy 17th February, 2026, 6:00 am
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