Council by-elections: Tories do badly in latest round
The Conservative Party did badly in the latest round of council by-elections, winning one seat but losing one…
Local Government
“Ensure austerity can never happen again,” 120 local leaders tell Corbyn
120 Labour mayors and council leaders have written to Jeremy Corbyn today asking for local government to be…
Recent council by-elections show worst results for Labour since 2015
I’ve been reviewing Labour’s performance in local council by-elections on a regular basis for LabourList. With the general…
Good democracy requires parental leave for councillors
One year ago, the Local Government Association’s Labour group launched a parental leave policy for councillors. In that…
Rebuilding Britain – starting with community wealth building in Newham
More than a decade after the financial crisis, and more than nine years of the brutalising Tory austerity…
Sajid Javid’s spending round was too little, too late for local councils
For Labour in local government, on the frontlines of fighting austerity and protecting our most vulnerable residents from…
Let’s be imaginative as we create socialist public services for the 21st century
It may have been ignored by the media amid the Tory leadership race, but Labour’s proposed “Local Public…
Sadiq Khan: I want to kick-start a debate on the future of London
In 2016, Londoners elected me as their mayor in the face of one of the nastiest and most…
Our responsibility to young people does not end at the school gates
The loss of youth work in our communities has had a devastating impact on young lives across the…
Callum Anderson: Why I’m standing to be a Labour London Assembly candidate
London is one of Britain’s truly global assets. Its greatest strength has always been its innate ability to…
