Local elections: Middlesbrough Labour’s Chris Cooke elected mayor
Labour has won a mayoral election in Middlesbrough with a result “beyond our expectations”, in a victory that…
Tom Belger
Local elections: ‘Seismic’ Labour win in bellwether Plymouth council
Labour has gained overall control of Plymouth in the local elections, marking the first council of the night…
Local elections: Labour advances in North West Leicestershire, Hartlepool, Tamworth
Labour has replaced the Conservatives as the largest party in Hartlepool, failing to take overall control but making…
Local elections: Labour hold early North and Midlands councils to declare
Labour has held control of the first string of Labour-run councils to declare their results in the North…
Keir goes cold on tuition fee vow, public utilities and tax and spend
Keir Starmer toured the broadcast studios this morning, highlighting a well-timed Labour plea for a tougher windfall tax…
Labour shies away from rail strikers and PR, but tacks left on bus ownership
The unions continue to set the agenda today, and not just by paying their respects online on International Workers’…
Soaring mortgage costs may win Labour more votes than its housing policies
Labour goes on the offensive today over housing, releasing new analysis suggesting children born this year have a one-in-three…
Diane Abbott has whip suspended over ‘deeply offensive’ comments on racism
Diane Abbott has had the Labour whip suspended and apologised after suggesting Irish people, Jews and Travellers do…
Local elections: Should Labour be talking more about council issues?
Another UK poll has Labour’s lead narrowing today, down to 15 points, though that was before the fallout from…
LabourList has a new editor – and we’re asking for your support
I first stumbled on LabourList as a scrawny teenager in the dying days of the last Labour government.…
