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 mustn’t retreat on the green transition’ As an MP who has had a major energy-efficient retrofit of my home, I am optimistic about how… Cat Eccles 29th October, 2025, 12:00 pm Comment ‘Voters don’t believe the PM means what he says – that’s the problem’ After Caerphilly, Westminster has fallen into one of its more comforting debates. How far Labour should tack left,… Anna McShane 29th October, 2025, 11:00 am Comment ‘Continued support for the Global Health Fund will build a healthier and more secure world for us all’ Ahead of World AIDS Day last year, the Prime Minister set the laudable goal of ending HIV transmissions… Michael Payne 29th October, 2025, 6:00 am
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