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 ‘There can be no sacred cows if we are to reconnect to win’ On both sides of the Atlantic, mainstream democratic politics is under threat from the populist right. In the… Ed Owen 9th October, 2025, 10:00 am Columnist Paul Nowak Column: ‘The Left has a political and moral duty to defend the ECHR’ The Conservatives have now confirmed they want Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights. Kemi Badenoch’s… Paul Nowak 9th October, 2025, 6:00 am Comment ‘Britain’s proud legacy is at risk but Labour’s leadership can save it’ As the dust settles on the Labour and Conservative party conferences, several clear dividing lines have emerged between… Alf Dubs 9th October, 2025, 6:00 am
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