Michael Wills MP

Working in Westminster, delivering for Swindon

Michael Wills has been MP for North Swindon since 1997. In that time he has helped over 11,000 constituents with individual problems and concerns about national policies.

michaelwillsmp@parliament.uk

 
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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  1. Cost of staying away fro...

>> 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 alone. The most unusual of them ...

>> 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 half of its...

>> 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 spinnin...

>> 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 Act of Union, which created the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and the 465th...

>> 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 when 24 tourist chiefs from North America and Japan came here last week, there was a jolting rec...

>> 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 aftermath of the dreadfulevents of September 11 has exerted a m...

>> 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, has been aprivilege. And my closest friends in politics ...

>> 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 should anyone bet on the permanence of policies that come ...

>> 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, watch the same movies and listen to the same music, and we all spea...

>> A New Agenda, Labour and democracy, IPPR
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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 among the political establishment. Why, we asked, are voters...

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