21st August, 2012, 11:03 am About that deficit REDUCTION plan George… Mark Ferguson Share this article: Last year we had a surplus in July, how about this year? Tags: Economy / George Osborne / Deficit / 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 BREAKING: Labour whip restored to four ‘welfare rebel’ MPs Neil Duncan-Jordan, Chris Hinchliff, Brian Leishman, and Rachael Maskell have all had the Labour whip restored today. It… LabourList Staff 7th November, 2025, 8:03 pm News Why don’t Labour’s workers’ and renters’ rights reforms cut through to voters – and how should they? When millions of workers and renters don’t know you’re doing more to improve their rights than any government… Tom Belger 7th November, 2025, 1:18 pm Comment ‘A Department for the Prime Minister could renew delivery – and trust – in politics’ Last year Labour assumed power in a country where fewer than one in three people trust their national… Nathan Yeowell 7th November, 2025, 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 BREAKING: Labour whip restored to four ‘welfare rebel’ MPs Neil Duncan-Jordan, Chris Hinchliff, Brian Leishman, and Rachael Maskell have all had the Labour whip restored today. It… LabourList Staff 7th November, 2025, 8:03 pm
News Why don’t Labour’s workers’ and renters’ rights reforms cut through to voters – and how should they? When millions of workers and renters don’t know you’re doing more to improve their rights than any government… Tom Belger 7th November, 2025, 1:18 pm
Comment ‘A Department for the Prime Minister could renew delivery – and trust – in politics’ Last year Labour assumed power in a country where fewer than one in three people trust their national… Nathan Yeowell 7th November, 2025, 6:00 am
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