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There is no future in bereavement politics. It’s time Labour said so

25/01/2019 By Alan Simpson

As an MP, I met lots of constituents who had just lost someone close. Bereavement and grief took many forms. Some wanted a shoulder to lean on. Some wanted failures in the care system to be put right. Some wanted compensation. Some wanted…

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Keeping Labour’s lights on

10/12/2009 By Alan Simpson

By Alan Simpson MP In the dark days of the Thatcher government, one of Labour's favourite slogans was that the Tories knew the cost of everything but the value of nothing. Nearly 30 years later, our own Government is in serious danger of…