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 Comment ‘Labour has the chance to save our prison system after years of inaction from the Tories’ Over the past decade or so, an increase in news stories spotlighting chronic overcrowding and violence in UK… Alasdair McDiarmid 7th July, 2026, 6:00 am Uncategorized ‘Make no mistake – Reform could beat us in Greater Manchester, so we need your help again’ I know you’re exhausted. Runcorn, Gorton & Denton, a full set of May elections, and the most consequential… Ben Hobbs 7th July, 2026, 6:00 am Analysis ‘German Basic Law: a guide to the law cited by Andy Burnham as a new model for Britain’ “No 10 North … will be given a mission to strive for equivalent living conditions in all parts… Joseph Kelen 7th July, 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
Comment ‘Labour has the chance to save our prison system after years of inaction from the Tories’ Over the past decade or so, an increase in news stories spotlighting chronic overcrowding and violence in UK… Alasdair McDiarmid 7th July, 2026, 6:00 am
Uncategorized ‘Make no mistake – Reform could beat us in Greater Manchester, so we need your help again’ I know you’re exhausted. Runcorn, Gorton & Denton, a full set of May elections, and the most consequential… Ben Hobbs 7th July, 2026, 6:00 am
Analysis ‘German Basic Law: a guide to the law cited by Andy Burnham as a new model for Britain’ “No 10 North … will be given a mission to strive for equivalent living conditions in all parts… Joseph Kelen 7th July, 2026, 6:00 am
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