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 ‘Homes for the ages’ This Labour Government inherited a country facing a housing crisis, with rising rents across the UK, soaring property… Anna Dixon 25th November, 2025, 6:00 am Comment ‘Tough talk, cruel policy — and it still won’t stop the boats’ Scrolling social media is no way to truly judge how a government announcement has gone down. But amid… Mark Davies 25th November, 2025, 6:00 am News Budget: Almost all Labour members back levies on gambling and banking sector Labour members would almost unanimously back increased taxes on the gambling and banking sector in the Budget, along… Daniel Green 25th November, 2025, 5:00 am
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
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