Nick Smith MP Articles

The Progress session on reconnecting with communities on Monday evening was cracking. I learned a lot from colleagues like Margaret Hodge on what it takes to see off threats like the British National party which she faced in Barking and on good ways to point out the...

‘RIP Public Health’ was the tweet of Tory MP and GP Sarah Wollaston at the government’s gutless retreat in July from its pledge to introduce plain packaging of cigarettes and a minimum unit price for alcohol. Across the piece we see a strong fightback from industry, ...

In recent months, it seems the country has woken up to the payday loan problem. The economic conditions of the last few years have created a perfect storm for easy credit. Banks have been sluggish to give loans after the credit crunch. The estimated million plus...

As a member of the Public Accounts Committee, every week I hear tales of government financial waste that would boil the blood of the most frivolous of spendthrifts. In recent months, we have seen an extra £1bn diverted into the expansion of academies programme at the...