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By Lisa Nandy MP / @lisanandy Yesterday, George Osborne capitalised on Portugal's bailout to accuse those who oppose his dangerous and misguided austerity measures as 'playing Russian roulette with Britain's national sovereignty.' The…
By Lisa Nandy MP / @lisanandy This week Michael Gove announced plans for his new student support scheme in an angry and heated debate in the commons. The Education Maintenance Allowance of £550 million is to be replaced with a £180 million…
By Lisa Nandy MP / @lisanandy It's been a big week in Westminster with Libya and the budget dominating debate, but it will most likely be remembered as the week that the Tories' claim that they have no option but to slash and burn public…
By Lisa Nandy MP / @lisanandy PMQs was dominated by the disquiet among Liberal Democrats, largely as a result of what the BMA has termed 'the creeping privatisation of the NHS'. A key concern which is causing considerable political strife…
By Lisa Nandy / @lisanandy This week, quietly and with very little notice, Eric Pickles put out a consultation document on the DCLG website. As part of the crusade to cut down on 'over-regulation', Pickles wants to look again at council's…
By Lisa Nandy MP / @lisanandy Last night's resounding victory for Labour in Barnsley Central was notable for the hollowing out of the Liberal Democrat vote as they plummeted from 2nd to an astonishing 6th place. But Barnsley wasn't the only…
By Lisa Nandy MP / @lisanandy Last week was recess and a perfect chance to get out in the dark, cold, sheeting rain to canvass in the latest by-election. It's not Barnsley (although I expect the weather is no better there) but Wigan where…
By Lisa Nandy MP / @lisanandy Though the headlines have been dominated by prisoners' votes, there were two political developments this week that I think are likely to have a much more profound and immediate impact. The first was Cameron's…
By Lisa Nandy MP / @lisanandy The welcome but surprising pledge in the coalition agreement to end the detention of children for immigration purposes was supposed to symbolise the best of a Liberal-Tory coalition, but, perhaps less…
By Lisa Nandy MP / @lisanandy With so much happening it's hard not to be distracted into spending too much time on issues considered important in the closed world of Whitehall and Westminster, which too often don't chime with the concerns…
By Lisa Nandy / @lisanandy This week has seen the government deliver another crushing blow to the young people of this country with the abolition of EMA. Alongside tripled university tuition fees, the scrapping of the AimHigher programme…
By Lisa Nandy MP / @lisanandy I've already become accustomed to the poor quality of legislation as a result of the speed at which this government is pushing through its agenda. However, what still takes my breath away every time a new bill…
