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Michael Wills MP

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  • Meaningful encounters on the dance floor
    Michael Wills, a Labour minister, went clubbing to find out why Britain's youth shuns politics, and learnt a few home truths The last general election triggered a spasm of soul-searching...
  • Net profit and lost innocence
    We must all be free to live in cyberspace, says Michael Wills This has been the century of new countries: 45 of them have come into being since 1975...
  • Marching to the nation's silent drums
    The English question is a Tory myth, says Michael Wills It is becoming hard to avoid wondering how serious the Conservative and Unionist party really is about the second...
  • Equal rights require equal technology
    We must bridge the 'digital divide', writes Michael Wills Technology transforms societies, but the relationship is an unwitting one: the 18th-century mill-owner believed his spinning jennies would make him...
  • Why we are now the party of Britain and the Union
    This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Union of Great Britain and Ireland. It is also the 300th anniversary of the Act of Settlement, the 294th anniversary of the...
  • Special mix that makes Britain great
    It can be a shock to catch an un-expected glimpse of how others see you. It's never quite the same as the image we fondly carry round of ourselves. So...
  • Muslims can fail the cricket test and still be British patriots
    Our perception of ourselves as British has never been stronger than attimes of conflict, when the values of the nation and our very lives arethreatened by external aggression. But the...
  • The CAP trap - My urge to fight for justice in trade means I must quit the government
    Being a minister offers the opportunity to effect change and so it isdifficult to leave the government. Being able to contribute to thisLabour government, which has already achieved so much,...
  • A mere million signatures needed to change Europe
    Sensible people should only bet on one thing in British politics. Not on individuals who are evanescent and unpredictable -as the Shakespearian saga of David Blunkett has reminded us. Nor...
  • Being British in different now
    As Gordon Brown sets out why patriotism matters, his speech writer Michael Wills reveals the journey behind the vision 'All over the world, we all wear the same clothes,...
  • A New Agenda, Labour and democracy, IPPR
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  • MPs 2005/2006 Expenses published
    In carrying out their work, Members of Parliament incur expenses which they can reclaim. These are organised into the following categories. House of Commons: Members’ Allowances Financial Year 2005/2006...
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