PMQs Verdict: Sombre, sober and in memory of a man respected across the house
I’ll be honest, I was expecting fireworks at PMQs today. It’s the first day back after the Christmas…
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A Grim New Year present – Boris forces through fire cuts
Tomorrow (Thursday) Boris Johnson will have succeeded in his bid to close 10 fire stations, axe 14 fire engines…
5 things that Labour must get right in 2014
By Marcus Roberts and Mark Ferguson The year might be a week old, and MPS may have been…
Boris’ paltry tax cut wouldn’t buy your family a chicken
Yesterday saw campaigners across London out in force to protest at David Cameron and Boris Johnson’s rail, tube…
Mesothelioma victims deserve more than partial justice
Mesothelioma is a terrible disease. A rare form of cancer, it affects the lining of the chest wall…
Why doesn’t my Tory opponent have the guts to debate me?
As Labour’s parliamentary candidate for South Basildon and East Thurrock, last week I challenged the current MP Stephen…
A “hard lesson” for George Osborne
In 2011 George Osborne proclaimed that “We have already asked the British people for what is needed, and…
After the water recedes – a long-term approach to flood risk
Amongst its beauty nature has a devastating ability to prove its dominance over human activity. No-one should doubt…
Go big or go home
It could be a lingering fragment of festive goodwill – or maybe I’m just going soft – but…
It’s time today’s Tory ministers apologised for the sins of their fathers
Yesterday cabinet papers from 1984 revealed that Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government did have a secret hit list of…
