Local Labour leaders attack Tory austerity with new campaign
24 Labour council leaders and 12 local Labour group leaders have signed an open letter calling on Theresa…
Local Government
The Labour Party is for change, not protests. That’s why we cherish local government
The Labour Party is not the vehicle for shouting and protests – the Labour Party is the vehicle…
Trafford Labour: our first 100 days in local government
After a fantastic result in May’s local elections, this week marked 100 days since the formation of the…
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…
The Tories are failing social care – so local councils are taking over
Our country is facing a social care crisis. In the last six months, more than 100 home-based and…
Alice Perry and Nick Forbes re-elected onto the NEC
Alice Perry and Nick Forbes have been re-elected as the two councillor representatives on Labour’s ruling body. Both…
Let’s celebrate what Labour councils can do – not fuel internal battles
Although it has many rewards, this is probably one of the toughest times to get involved in local…
Council by-elections: Labour wins in London and Essex as Tories lose seats
Labour won a seat from UKIP and held two other seats with increased vote share in the latest…
Labour’s Janet Daby wins Lewisham East by-election
Labour’s Janet Daby has won the Lewisham East by-election with 50.2 per cent of the vote. Daby received 11,033…
The difficulties of being a Labour councillor under a Tory government
I spent a long time trying to get elected as a local councillor, so I think it’s fair…