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 ‘We can’t beat the Greens treating them like a naughty Labour faction’ For a long time, the Green Party was the party of Caroline Lucas and a scattering of councillors.… Morgan Jones 1st June, 2025, 6:00 am News ‘Too much timidity and factionalism’: Burnham issues a radical rallying cry Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has set out a wide-ranging critique of the government and an alternative left… Tom Belger 31st May, 2025, 5:34 pm News Lou Haigh: ‘We need change that spark fights – and a new economic settlement’ Louise Haigh has issued a stark warning to the Labour cabinet she left only months ago, warning Labour’s… Tom Belger 31st May, 2025, 11:24 am
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