Comment Today, I want to rid the country of the hated Bedroom Tax Ten minute rule bills allow parliamentarians to bring in front of the house a bill relating to an… Ian Lavery 12th February, 2014, 10:07 am
Comment How Thatcher lied to the country during the Miners’ Strike After thirty years of collecting dust, the declassification of secret government papers has finally exposed Margaret Thatcher’s and… Ian Lavery 3rd January, 2014, 7:15 pm
Comment It’s time to Axe the Bedroom Tax It is often said that the measure of a civilised country is how it’s citizens look after the… Ian Lavery 8th November, 2013, 3:51 pm
Comment It’s time to offer some hope and aspiration to those struggling David Cameron’s government are failing Britain. In 2010 when the nation rejected a Conservative government and instead voted… Ian Lavery 30th October, 2013, 2:05 pm
News Labour MP says Miliband’s union-link reform “risks being a disaster” Not all Labour MPs are happy with Ed Miliband’s plans for the Labour/union link. Ian Lavery – former… 10th July, 2013, 11:57 am
News North East MPs – including a former Chief Whip – criticise plans for regionalised benefits Several North Eastern Labour MPs – including a former Chief Whip – have threatened to rebel against the… 4th June, 2013, 6:04 pm
News Harman’s PPS resigns over pensions amendments As noted by Kevin Maguire on Twitter earlier today, Labour MP (and former NUM President) Ian Lavery has… 6th December, 2012, 2:08 pm