21st March, 2012, 2:26 pm The shorter George Osborne Mark Ferguson Share this article: ‘I hate tax avoidance. So I’ve given a huge tax cut to some rich people. Because they were avoiding tax’ Tags: Budget / 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 Analysis Viktor Orbán’s fall shows authoritarianism is not inevitable Some 23 years ago today, Hungarians voted in a referendum to join the European Union, opening up a… Daniel Green 13th April, 2026, 7:06 am News ‘It’s going to be all about ground game’: Paul Sweeney on Scottish Labour’s fight for Glasgow As Scottish Labour aim for a path to power in Holyrood, one city that will be key to… Daniel Green 13th April, 2026, 6:00 am Comment ‘Protest is a precious democratic freedom – we should defend it’ This week the Crime and Policing Bill will reach its last stages in Parliament, and with it a… Lord Peter Hain 13th April, 2026, 6:00 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
Analysis Viktor Orbán’s fall shows authoritarianism is not inevitable Some 23 years ago today, Hungarians voted in a referendum to join the European Union, opening up a… Daniel Green 13th April, 2026, 7:06 am
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