I will take a short time out from being in Parliament when the baby is born but I'll still be doing my constituency work - just with another baby in tow.

When the heart stops for one beat it is desire, when it stops for one life time it is love

Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.

The cost of motoring is a massive issue at the moment, there's no question. The price of petrol goes up every time you go to the petrol station.

Indeed, when all parties campaign effectively the overall effect is to push up voting rates, as you see in tight marginal seats or close general elections. That must be good for democracy.

Connecting people to jobs and to each other is absolutely vital to a city's economy (and to the wider economy).

It's estimated that by 2030 there will be virtually no unskilled jobs in the British economy.