Whitehall won’t be ready. But councils can’t wait to deliver Labour’s radical manifesto
Nowhere is Labour’s pledge to end austerity and pursue radical and transformative policies welcomed more enthusiastically than in…
Cable’s Royal Mail sale was crony capitalism at its worst – now we need a windfall tax to get our money back
We all know the gut-wrenching feeling when you get ripped-off. Whether it’s getting a new coat and then…
This ideological plan for more academies is as bad as Lansley’s NHS reforms
It is astonishing that, at a time of major cuts to school budgets, the Government would think it…
Has a Labour council banned pork in schools? Er, no
You may have seen the utterly nonsense story doing the rounds today that Islington Council has banned pork…
Whitehall needs to butt out if we’re going to really change Britain for the better
I wrote recently about how councils have largely coped well with massive cuts from the Tory-led Government, but…
Councils are on a cliff edge: we can’t carry on like this
Over the next few weeks, local authorities across the country will be announcing their budgets for the coming…
The policies are great, but what about the money?
After four years of massive cuts, 2015 is the year when council finances will start to fall off…
Tackling rip-off cash machines
As if being in poverty wasn’t bad enough, being charged for being in poverty adds insult to injury. …
Five to seven is not enough. We need free school meals for pupils of all ages
Credit where it’s due; this afternoon’s announcement that the Government is rolling out Free School Meals to all…
What I saw on April 15th, 1989
15 April 1989. As a 14 year old boy I witnessed, from the safety of another stand, 96…