Mark Ferguson

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Today the leadership race was overshadowed by the emergency budget - which dominated the time, and media appearances, of the candidates. However, one candidate did manage to make the headlines for another…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk As George Osborne finished swinging his axe today in one of the harshest budgets for years, Labour figures have been reacting to the budget - and trying to outline the impacts of the cuts. UPDATE: Harriet…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * In their editorial this morning, the Sun attempts to lay the blame for today's budget with Labour. * Today's budget is likely to be the harshest budget in years says the New Statesman. * Meanwhile the…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Today was a quieter day in the race after a weekend of media appearances, CLP visits and a hustings. However the candidates still found time between them to challenge the Tories in Parliament, travel to…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Speaking to Labour MEPs in Brussels today, Ed Miliband urged Lib Dems to "oppose this budget" - ahead of probable emergency spending cuts and tax rises tomorrow. Ed said: "I say to the Lib-Dems very…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * "I sent my son to private school so he wouldn't end up in a gang" -- Diane Abbott tells the Mirror about one of her most contentious decisions. * Andy Burnham said that he wants to make Holyrood a…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk The leadership candidates had a great deal of media attention between them today, as three of them appeared on the Sunday morning shows and another gave an extensive interview with one of the papers. As we…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk As reported on LabourList this morning, John Prescott reacted to news of John Hutton being appointed chair of a new public sector pension commission by calling the former minister a "collaborator."…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk As many in the party (including several of the leadership candidates) have rushed to say that Labour needs to re-evaluate our position on immigration - isn't it time that Labour, rather than becoming an…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Writing in the Observer today, Alistair Darling attacks the thinking behind the cuts agenda as we head into "emergency budget" week, and outlines what he believes will be the headline policies - a VAT rise…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Update: John Prescott has attacked Hutton on his blog as another "ConLibLab collaborator", saying: "Now we have the unedifying spectacle of John Hutton, Labour's former Work and Pensions minister, chairing…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk As ComRes publishes polling that suggests Labour support is stagnant since the general election at just 30% (Con 36%, Lab 30%, LD 23%), today's events were mostly focussed around the BAME hustings in…