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 News Holborn and St Pancras by-election date set for October 8 Voters in Holborn and St Pancras are set to go to the polls early next month to elect… Daniel Green 7th September, 2026, 2:53 pm Analysis Dealing with disagreement Mother of the House and veteran firebrand Diane Abbott has caused controversy once again by saying the threat… Emma Burnell 7th September, 2026, 9:21 am Comment ‘Labour must set our own terms on defence – not have them written for us’ If you wanted to find out what Labour thinks about defence, you could learn more from the pages… Alessandra Barrow & Philippe Lefevre 7th September, 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
News Holborn and St Pancras by-election date set for October 8 Voters in Holborn and St Pancras are set to go to the polls early next month to elect… Daniel Green 7th September, 2026, 2:53 pm
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Comment ‘Labour must set our own terms on defence – not have them written for us’ If you wanted to find out what Labour thinks about defence, you could learn more from the pages… Alessandra Barrow & Philippe Lefevre 7th September, 2026, 6:00 am
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