28th April, 2011, 9:52 am The Osborne Effect Mark Ferguson Share this article: Any questions? Mark Ferguson Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015. View all articles by Mark Ferguson Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList Comment ‘Labour must offer pride, not just employment, to former coal communities’ Reform’s call to bring back coal mining initially seems absurd. Coal jobs peaked more than a century ago… Lucy Shaw 1st November, 2025, 10:00 am Comment ‘The decline of Welsh rugby echoes Labour’s waning grip’ Rugby, they say, is a game for ruffians played by gentlemen. But that was never its way in… Rachael Jolley 31st October, 2025, 4:07 pm Comment ‘Labour’s new deal for working people will restore dignity and justice to work – but the Tories and Liberal Democrats are trying to wreck it’ The Labour Party was forged to protect working people. From the factories and workshops of the industrial age… Chris Bloore 31st October, 2025, 6:00 am
Mark Ferguson Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015. View all articles by Mark Ferguson
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