Articles & Speeches

2012

12 January 2o11 |Speech: Executive Pay

2011

8 December 2011 | Speech: Rebalancing the economy, IPPR North conference, Leeds
2 December 2011 | Speech: Universities UK Annual Conference, London
28 November 2011 | Foreword: Labour’s Business
24 November 2011 |Speech: Financing our SMEs, Cass Business School
14 November 2011 | Speech:  Business and government: A new partnership for a new economy, Bloomberg
10 November 2011 | Article: The lifeblood of the economy, Huffington Post
10 November 2011 | Article: Labour’s plan for business: Government should unite profit with social purpose, City AM
8 November 2011 | Article: Why we must encourage investors to be active (with Chris Leslie MP, Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury), The Times
13 October 2011 | Speech: Procurement: Re-shaping the Landscape
8 October 2011 | Article: ‘Business is not ‘good’ and ‘bad’… but it must change’, The Times
20 September 2011 | Speech: The Red Tape Conundrum: making regulation work for business
24 July 2011 | Article: Save Our High Streets, The People
14 July 2011 | Speech: Small businesses should not have to bankroll the big boys, The Guardian
28 June 2011 | Article: Government support for SMEs in the south of England, Westminster Hall debate, House of Commons
24 May 2011 | Article: Adjournment debate: Credit rating agencies, House of Commons
12 May 2011 | Article: One Nation Labour, Left Foot Forward
11 April 2011 | Article: Six tests for the Banking Commission, Guardian online
5 April 2011 | Speech: Project Merlin, House of Commons
24 March 2011 | Speech: 2011 Budget Debate, House of Commons
4 March 2011 | Speech: Adjournment debate: False Self-employment Status, House of Commons
3 February 2011 | Article: Remutualise Northern Rock, Guardian online
3 February 2011 | Speech: Consumer Credit and Debt Management debate, House of Commons

2010

21 December 2010 | Speech: Choice and Competition in Banking debate, House of Commons
25 November 2010 | Article: Bank bonuses unbound, The Guardian
25 October 2010 | Article: The Man’s Not for Turning, New Statesman blog (with Duncan Weldon)
17 July 2010 | Article: Open Letter to George Osborne, The Observer
30 June 2010 | Article: Coalition is cavalier on unemployment, Guardian online
12 June 2010 | Speech: Compass Conference, A New Hope
25 May 2010 | Article: Labour leadership battle gives time to create future agenda, The Guardian (with Lisa Nandy MP)