Austerity cannot be allowed to pave the way for backdoor privatisation of the police
When was the last time you saw a police officer? I don’t just mean driving past in a…
Local Government
Chris Williamson: After eight years of austerity it’s time to give residents the right to raise council tax on the richest
Life is too short to remain static, and the Labour Party is today too great, and too dynamic,…
Exclusive: I didn’t quit over plan to hike council tax, says Chris Williamson
Chris Williamson has denied he was forced to quit Labour’s frontbench over his controversial plan to raise council…
Updated council by elections: Labour’s vote leaps across Tory seats
Labour increased its share of the vote in council by-elections last night. The Tories retained all four seats…
LabourList’s most read stories in 2017
1. Keir Starmer: Labour has six tests for Brexit – if they’re not met we won’t back the…
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Grahame Morris: Helping the Waspi women would cost less than bombing Syria Huge Labour rebellion as 64 MPs…
Joe Anderson: Housing is too important to leave to the iniquities of the free market
It’s hardly surprising that for the first time since the slum clearances in the 1950s and 1960s, there…
Sadiq Khan: Tory cuts have let people fall into poverty but Labour will never turn a blind eye to rough sleeping
In the 21st century, in one of the world’s richest countries, no-one should feel that sleeping on the…
Andrew Gwynne: Scrap giveaway for bankers to end crisis in children’s services
Today Labour will be challenging the government on its finance bill; arguing that the £4.7bn currently set aside…
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Poll blow as Labour slips behind Tories and May stretches lead over Corbyn Council by-elections: Labour vote soars…
