News from Labour North
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Labour hits out at £6.1m of ConDem policing cuts for the North East
Labour MPs in the region have today hit out at Tory/Lib Dem Coalition budget proposals that will cut £6.1m from the police grant to North East forces. A vote in...
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LABOUR STEPS UP PRESSURE ON LIB DEMS OVER VAT RISE
Labour has today stepped up the pressure on the region’s Liberal Democrat MPs over the coalitions plans to increase VAT to 20%. The highly regressive measure, which will hit the...
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Government wrong on healthy school meals
Two North East MPs have accused the Government of getting it wrong on school food after a week which saw Health Secretary Andrew Lansley launch a war of words with...
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"A dark day for Teesside" which could hamper attempts to find a steel plant buyer
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Labour MP, Tom Blenkinsop, today expressed what he called his 'raw anger' at news that the government were to go ahead with abolishing England's nine...
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News from Labour.org.uk
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No painless way to cut science funding - McFadden
Shadow Business Secretary, Pat McFadden MP commenting on Vince Cable’s speech on science and research today said:
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Attacking Higher Education bad for future of economy - McFadden
Commenting on OECD Report, Education at a Glance 2010, published today (7 September 2010), Labour's Shadow Business, Innovation and Skills Secretary, Pat McFadden said: “This report shows that the statements from Conservative and Lib Dem Ministers that we don’t need to send so many people to university are deeply shortsighted.
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Constitutional reform Bill low grade political skulduggery –Straw
Jack Straw has hit back at comments by a leading Tory that reveal how political reform plans are motivated by narrow party interest. Mark Field MP, the Conservative Member for the Cities of London and Westminster, stated on the ConservativeHome website that: “the current proposals for AV and the reduction
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Darling responds to Osborne's Claims
Labour's Shadow Chancellor Alistair Darling responded to George Osborne's claims today that the government’s economic policy is 'fair' and 'progressive'.
