Paul Blomfield Articles

It was a subdued prime minister's questions today. Not only had a serviceman, Captain Richard Holloway, been killed in Afghanistan just before Christmas, but only an hour or so earlier the death had been announced of the Labour member of parliament Paul Goggins...

We must work in a more pluralist way to make ‘One Nation’ politics a reality By Paul Blomfield ­—As Ed Miliband sets out the framework for Labour’s policies for 2015 and beyond, it is a good moment to ask how we deliver the fundamental change that the country needs....

A difficult summer for David Cameron followed by his first reshuffle provided Ed Miliband with almost too many choices for today’s PMQs. He got it right by majoring on the government’s lack of delivery – Cameron’s Achilles’ heel. After a weak first question, Miliband...

Who won? Following the announcement from the Ministry of Defence that six British soldiers are missing, believed killed, after an explosion hit an armoured vehicle in Afghanistan, today’s PMQs had a sombre mood. There was a notable absence of Tory backbenchers’...