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By Dan Whittle This afternoon, I am giving evidence to the Committee on Standards in Public Life inquiry into MPs expenses. This is my opening statement: First may I start by saying that we are grateful to the Committee for undertaking this…
Jessica Asato is Acting Director of Progress. She met Alex Smith on Sunday, 28th June, 2009. The honorary President of Progress is Alan Milburn, who announced his intention to stand down as an MP over the weekend. How do you feel about his…
From @LabourList Chris Ostrowski, who was selected as Labour's PPC for Norwich North on Sunday, has spoken to the Eastern Daily Press about his victory and his hopes for the forthcoming campaign: "It's a privilege to get the chance to go…
From @LabourList Sunder Katwala has written an interesting post over at NextLeft about IPPR's 21st birthday party last night, in which he writes: "In any event, it enables Next Left to bring you what I believe is a (v.minor) scoopette…
From @LabourList In a statement to the House of Commons this afternoon, Gordon Brown outlined his plan for the last year of this Parliament. These commitments include: * Cleaning up politics by delivering a radical programme of democratic…
From @LabourList An interview that former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith gave to the BBC World Service has gone largely unnoticed by commentators online. In the interview, Smith talks about the reasons for her resignation earlier this month…
From @LabourList Chris Ostrowski is the new Labour Parliamentary candidate for Norwich North. Chris was a candidate for the European Parliament in the Eastern region in the recent elections and this afternoon beat off competition from…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Ed Balls has just given a commanding performance on the Andrew Marr show, speaking at length about pubic expenditure and the tough choices the government is making to beat the recession. With the interview…
From @LabourList Former cabinet minister Alan Milburn is to stand down as the MP for Darlington at the next election. He told his CLP: "I left frontline ministerial politics, and have not wished to return, because I wanted to have a…
From @LabourList With the selection of the Labour candidate for the Norwich North by-election due to take place on Sunday, Ian Gibson has said tonight that he has not ruled out standing as an independent candidate. Responsing to a question…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 In a wide-ranging new interview with the Times newspaper, the Prime Minister has reaffirmed his enthusiasm for the job and thrown down a bold challenge to the Conservative challengers: "We are prepared to take…
From @LabourList There's a YouGov poll in this morning's Telegraph which has Labour gaining three points on the Conservatives. It's a small change, but Mike Smithson of Political Betting says "Labour will be pleased to have clawed back the…
