Riots – we need to understand if we’re going to stop them
I spent most of yesterday with the Government’s independent Riots Communities and Victims panel. Set up by cross…
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Adopt a peer to defest NHS reform
Today and tomorrow the Lords are debating one of the largest top down reforms of the NHS ever…
The council tax conundrum
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward So the big trail from Osborne’s speech was the Conservative’s pledge to provide…
Labour must continue to fight this Gerrymander
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward Last night representatives of CLPs from across London gathered in Victoria Street to…
EDL and the battle for hearts and minds
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward On Saturday as EDL were blocking streets and the tube in the King’s…
The intrigue and treachery of local politics
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward I don’t tend to blog too much about local by-elections, but the Green’s…
The power of councils to help communities
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward Last Tuesday morning Camden Council had cleared up the mess left by rioters…
Cuts to 2000 Voluntary organisations is just the tip of the iceberg
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward Today’s depressing False Economy research on funding for voluntary sector organisations will come…
How Labour can help councils be self sufficient
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward Camden is an outlier for Labour authorities on its business rates. In fact…
Is the coalition scared or scarred?
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward Tessa Jowell is right, there’s very little in the Open Public Services white…
