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Bob Ainsworth Articles

The men behind the men

It is a new year in Westminster, so it must be time for new chiefs of staff. Labour’s top two, Ed Miliband and Ed Balls, have found themselves new men, and their choices for chief consigliere say as much about each man as their policy announcements. Miliband chose the...

From the NHS to Iran

The future of the United Kingdom, the economy placed on negative outlook, visits to the Vatican, Paris and Edinburgh – parliament may have been in recess last week but politics continued apace. They return to Westminster today facing a packed parliamentary agenda, not...

A mayor for Coventry

I am a confirmed believer in local government. Taking decisions as close as possible to the people involved makes good sense and we are in my view an overly centralised country. But I can’t get enthusiastic about the current anaemic form of local government that we...

PMQs today

Harriet Harman persists against Cameron on police numbers and short sentencing, while our reviewers pick out backbenchers like Jim McGovern, Chuka Umunna and Angela Smith for their contributions

From the NHS to Iran

From the NHS to Iran

The future of the United Kingdom, the economy placed on negative outlook, visits to the Vatican, Paris and Edinburgh –...

PMQs today

Who won? Luke Akehurst: Unfortunately Cameron. He was on top form today - very relaxed, good humoured and assured. The...