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You can judge the Tories by the friends they keep - Dugher

Michael Dugher MP, Labour's Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, commenting on the appointment of Michael Farmer as Conservative Party co-Treasurer

Senior management of the publicly-funded Network Rail have done the right thing - Maria Eagle

Maria Eagle MP, Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary, responding to news that Network Rail directors will give up bonuses, said:

One of the key priorities for reforming the family justice system has to be reducing delay - Flello & McKinnell

Catherine McKinnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Children’s Minister, commenting on the Government's family justice announcement today, said:

A day to pay tribute to the Queen - Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, said:

Now we have proof that the Government has to give prior written agreement to new Network Rail bonus plan - Maria Eagle

Labour has discovered that the Department for Transport has to give 'prior written consent' to Network Rail before there can be any changes to its incentive policy. This follows the release by Labour last week of documents proving that the Transport Secretary has a place on Network Rail's Remuneration Committee as the company's 'Special Member' identified in the Articles of Association filed at Companies House.

Miliband tells Cameron: Save 6,000 nurses by abandoning NHS reorganisation now

Ed Miliband will today accuse the Government of directly damaging frontline patient care with its unnecessary and unwanted top-down reorganisation of the NHS.

Chris Huhne should forfeit ministerial severance pay - Evans

Chris Evans, Labour MP for Islwyn, said:

Disappointed by the Government’s evasive response to the International Development Select Committee's report on Burundi - Lewis

Ivan Lewis MP, Labour's Shadow International Development Secretary, responding to the Government’s response to the International Development Select Committee's report on Burundi, said:

Appointment of new Energy and Climate Change Secretary is opportunity for Government to change course - Flint

Caroline Flint MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, commenting on the appointment of Ed Davey as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change following Chris Huhne’s resignation, said:

Speech on banking - Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, said today in a speech at the Thomson Reuters Building: