21st September, 2012, 9:10 pm It gets worse for Mitchell – now he’s accused of threatening to have cop sacked Mark Ferguson Share this article: Tomorrow’s Daily Mail will be hard reading for the Chief Whip. Drip. Drip. Drip… Tags: Police / Andrew Mitchell / 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 Columnist Delivering in Government: your weekly round up of good news Labour stories It was a busy week for the Labour government. While the prime minister extended his polling lead, there… Sebastian Salek 23rd October, 2026, 6:00 am Comment ‘The Budget must not leave renters out in the cold’ As the days get shorter and the scorching summer becomes a distant memory replaced by grey skies and… Holly Williamson 23rd October, 2026, 6:00 am Comment ‘Recall to prison should protect the public, not punish instability’ There are around 85,000 people in prison in England and Wales. Over 12,000 of them are people who… Lord Charles Falconer 23rd October, 2026, 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
Columnist Delivering in Government: your weekly round up of good news Labour stories It was a busy week for the Labour government. While the prime minister extended his polling lead, there… Sebastian Salek 23rd October, 2026, 6:00 am
Comment ‘The Budget must not leave renters out in the cold’ As the days get shorter and the scorching summer becomes a distant memory replaced by grey skies and… Holly Williamson 23rd October, 2026, 6:00 am
Comment ‘Recall to prison should protect the public, not punish instability’ There are around 85,000 people in prison in England and Wales. Over 12,000 of them are people who… Lord Charles Falconer 23rd October, 2026, 6:00 am
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