“Spoke at 2 fringes, had 11 meetings, 3 receptions and 1 dinner. Pity I didn’t have time to get into the conference hall”. Such is a day in the life of an MP at conference, according to this tweet by Anne Begg MP, Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee. (Macmillan must take some responsibility for Anne’s hectic schedule – we met with her to talk about our Working through Cancer campaign that…
So day one for the Macmillan Team at Labour Party Conference and it won't surprise you to hear the talk is of one thing - Ed Miliband's election as the new Labour Leader.
As a campaigner for the rights of people affected by cancer the first question you end up asking yourself is whether this is good for the people you represent.
As Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change before the General Election it was…
