Steve Rotheram: I have tried my utmost for a local candidate in Liverpool Walton
This is the full statement published by new Liverpool metro mayor Steve Rotheram as he said he would…
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Jon Trickett: Rich List shows how the Establishment is rigging the rules
This week we learnt that the wealth of the top ten richest couples in the country has gone…
France awaits a Macron victory but the fight against austerity will continue
After the first round of the presidential election, what’s next for Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s France insoumise movement? Last month Emmanuel…
We are closing the gap on the Tories – Corbyn on Labour’s results
This is the full statement published by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tonight on the party’s local elections performance.…
It was a bad night for Labour but a worse one for UKIP – now we have four weeks to prove what the Tories are getting wrong
Labour members woke to difficult news this morning as early results from local elections streamed in. Overnight counting…
Forget the 20 point plan – Corbyn urgently needs a decent slogan for June 8
Theresa May’s cut-and-run general election caught the Labour Party without a campaign slogan. Labour had many other gaps,…
An “ex-politician” but not yet a retired one – five things we learnt from David Miliband’s latest interview
David Miliband has described himself as an “ex-politician” in a candid interview with Spear’s, an upmarket magazine for…
Cowardly May came to our seaside town, tried the chips and ignored the people living in hunger and poverty
My eyes rolled and I groaned when I heard Theresa May was coming to Plymouth and Cornwall this…
Chuka Umunna: May’s Brexit rant was cynical, weak and just plain wrong
Theresa May has received deserved mockery for the robotic repetition of her main slogan – “strong and stable…
Margaret Hodge: Labour needs more women at the top of local government
The lack of women in Westminster is rightly decried. But with local councils spending £94bn of public money…
