Ministers offering only false hope amid threat of local authority funding crisis, a Labour council leader writes
Joe Anderson has recently sounded an alarm that will echo across council chambers the length and breadth of…
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Geraint Davies: Labour will not win votes by becoming a pro-Brexit party – but let’s give people a say on the terms of departure
Despite what many twittering Remainers like to think, the great majority of those who voted Brexit did not…
“The fourth industrial revolution is being powered by the internet of things and big data to develop cyber physical systems and smart factories” – Corbyn’s CBI speech
This is the full speech delivered by Jeremy Corbyn to the CBI’s annual conference in London. It’s a…
Labour has enough to worry about next year – a plot to deselect Hilary Benn would be petty and pointless
I am “a Benn, not a Bennite”, Hilary famously declared when he fought the by-election that brought him…
Cooper: Home secretary must cough up 30 Orgreave files after inquiry snub
Yvette Cooper, chair of the home affairs select committee, yesterday published her letter to home secretary Amber Rudd demanding…
End the “misery” of austerity and halt disability cuts- Dugdale letter to chancellor
Kezia Dugdale, leader of Scottish Labour, has sent an open letter to chancellor Philip Hammond demanding the Tories…
Conor McGinn: The north’s rail network is stuck on dial-up in a broadband age
The last few weeks have shown how difficult and contentious it can be for governments to make decisions…
Steve Rotheram: UKIP isn’t the answer to elites – we must give power to the people
“So what? What difference will it make?” Goes the oft-repeated response to the issue of devolution. And I…
Corbyn on Trump, Farage and how the Tories “whip up hatred” over immigration – full speech to the policy forum
This is the speech given by Jeremy Corbyn today at the national policy forum. Thank you for that…
The Trump disaster and lessons for Labour
“[A]t the moment I am in anguish, frightened for my country and for our unity. And for…
