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 News Unite forces Labour rowback on ‘grossly offensive’ comments about restaurant, bar and cafe workers The Unite union has forced Labour to row back on “grossly offensive” comments about restaurant, bar and cafe… Tom Belger 30th January, 2026, 4:11 pm Comment ‘Justice is being denied to the WASPI women’ The government’s announcement that the WASPI women will not receive compensation is a profound injustice. These women followed… Jon Trickett MP 30th January, 2026, 2:00 pm Analysis ‘Uneven expectations’ The war of words between Andy Burnham and the Labour Party continues as the Greater Manchester Mayor has… Emma Burnell 30th January, 2026, 1:23 pm
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