Like many of my friends and colleagues, I can't get enough of Obama news; latest polling, speeches, visits, reaction of world leaders.

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

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.

You're wrong if you think young people don't deserve the vote.

At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship.

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.

There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth.