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Shelly Asquith: Meet Labour’s youngest council candidates
Next week, as people go to the polls to elect their new councillors in many parts of the…
The real battle for Labour is in areas like Kensington and Chelsea
Quam bonum in Unum habitare. How good it is to live in unity. It is hard to know…
How has council tax survived for 25 years?
Over 25 years after John Major introduced council tax as a quick fix to replace the poll tax,…
Former Tory councillor tells Barnet to vote Labour
Last night a former Conservative councillor in Barnet told residents to vote Labour for a “significant upgrade” in…
Everyone agrees we need larger councils in Wales – but where’s the evidence?
The Welsh local government reorganisation of 1974 created eight county councils and 37 district councils. Then 22 principal areas…
Council by-elections: Tory vote share drops in blue heartlands
The Tories lost one seat to the Liberal Democrats in the latest round of council by-elections. In the…
Eddie Izzard: It’s crunch time – let’s get young people and EU citizens registered to vote
This week I joined campaigners from Westminster Labour on the doorstep in the West End, in my old…
Corbyn launches free bus travel for under 25s plan
Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. Today Jeremy Corbyn will visit a…
Labour needs radical ideas to solve the housing crisis – so let’s scrap right to buy
We have a housing crisis in this country that can only be solved by local government building more.…
