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 ‘The OBR and fiscal rules are fuelling the uncertainty they were supposed to end’ The Chancellor recently presented her much anticipated second budget. Delivered at a time of great international uncertainty and… Andy McNae 18th December, 2025, 6:00 am Columnist Deborah Mattinson column: ‘This Christmas we should remember to feel proud of what we have achieved’ I recently found myself in a meeting with, amongst others, an eminent Tory grandee. As we waited to… Deborah Mattinson 18th December, 2025, 6:00 am Comment ‘Britain must keep its foot on the EV accelerator’ Over the weekend, Kemi Badenoch announced that the Conservative Party would scrap the UK’s zero emission vehicle (ZEV)… Perran Moon 17th December, 2025, 2:00 pm
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