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I have made no secret of my pride in representing Newcastle, the area in which I was born and grew up, but there is one day in Newcastle’s history that is a particular source of pride for me. On 13 November 1967, Newcastle University awarded Dr Martin Luther King an...

This summer, the joint work and pensions/business, innovation and skills parliamentary select committee inquiry into the collapse of British Home Stores and its pension scheme concluded with one of the most devastating reports to come out of the select committee...

'This is your captain speaking. The new president of in the United States is ... Donald Trump'. News that the Barack Obama's successor is the rightwing orange demigod is met with groans on my flight as I head as far away from last night's new as is humanly possible....

What is it about Labour and the constitution?  After a series of electoral setbacks, there always comes the demand for constitutional reforms. The Labour party has suffered shattering defeats over the last six years – two general elections, two Scottish elections, the...