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It will be a long time before we truly understand all the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic. The economic consequences – felt most keenly through people’s jobs and livelihoods – are likely to echo for years to come. The consequences…
The ‘fair funding review’, which will affect how funding is allocated and redistributed between local authorities from 2020 onwards, has been exposed as another cynical Tory plan. We know that it risks leaving more sick and vulnerable…
The loss of youth work in our communities has had a devastating impact on young lives across the country. Young people have lost role models and spaces in which to be creative and develop social groups and friendships. They have lost…
The European elections today have become a proxy second referendum for many. This has allowed small parties, who are either for cancelling Brexit or for a disastrous no deal Brexit, to make waves in this short campaign. But any success they…
Today, Labour launches our local election campaign in Stoke – a timely reminder that local government really is at the heart of local communities. Councils look after the most vulnerable in society and make local spaces greener, cleaner and…
The Prime Minister’s words at Tory conference last month, ‘austerity is over’, rung hollow for councils across the country as they braced themselves for even more funding cuts next year. Next April, just as the adult social care precept…
Many families face an increasing pressures on their finances - but rather than properly funding our public services, the government remains committed to shifting the burden onto struggling households. Just before Christmas, the government…
Today Labour will be challenging the government on its finance bill; arguing that the £4.7bn currently set aside for bankers is best spent protecting vulnerable children. The last Labour government invested in early intervention because we…
This is the latest in a series of weekly election campaign blogs written by Andrew Gwynne, Labour’s campaigns and elections chair, for LabourList. We only have one week left to fight for a Labour government that will stand up for the many…
On Tuesday I joined the Jeremy Corbyn and the shadow Cabinet in Bradford for the formal leak… I mean launch of the Labour Party manifesto for the 2017 general election. It’s been a busy few days in a long and energetic campaign already…
This is the latest in a series of weekly election campaign blogs written by Andrew Gwynne, Labour’s campaigns and elections chair, for LabourList. Yesterday, Labour formally launched its campaign for the general election. I joined Jeremy…
The 20 year anniversary of the 1997 general election is as good a time as any to reflect on the achievements of the last Labour government. To remind ourselves that Labour radically re-shaped Britain after 18 years of Tory failure and to…
