Council by-elections: Labour holds seats in London and north-east
Labour has held two council seats including one in the north east heartland borough where it suffered a shock…
Local Government
Whatever the result on June 8, simply growing the membership is not the answer
I recall in the weeks and months that followed defeat in 2010, Harriet Harman, the Labour party’s interim…
Labour officials veto councillors’ extraordinary coalition deal with the Tories
Labour’s high command has threatened to suspend the councillors who stunned members by striking a deal with the Tories…
Labour should have done better in the local elections – reader survey results
Nearly eight in ten LabourList readers say that Labour should have performed better in the local elections. Some 77…
Now the poetry is over: how Labour’s metro mayors can govern in prose and begin the job of changing lives
Labour mayors are now in place in both Manchester and Liverpool. The newly elected politicians have an ability to…
We are drawing a line under three decades of privatisation – Corbyn’s speech at election campaign launch
This is the full speech delivered by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at the party’s campaign launch in Manchester.…
Labour can ensure the Maybot’s empty slogans come back to haunt her
However we spin it, there is no doubt that the local election results last week were a significant…
Luke Akehurst: Our losses in local government were unprecedented
Every May since 2011 I have written a guide to what might constitute success for Labour in the…
Swift selection battle kicks off for Walton as Rotheram confirms he will quit as MP
Steve Rotheram sparked a fresh selection battle tonight when he confirmed he would step down as an MP…
McDonnell demands Labour “come out fighting” after string of local election losses
Labour must come out fighting after its “terrible” local election results, one of Jeremy Corbyn’s closes allies insisted…
