Labour members choose second woman in 24 hours for metro mayor contest
The leader of Redcar and Cleveland council has won the selection to be Labour’s candidate for the region’s…
Local Government
Corbynista and NHS manager named as Labour’s candidate in West of England
Labour members have picked a Corbynista with a strong campaigning record as its metro mayor candidate for the…
Tory trickery on funding will not tackle the social care crisis, writes a Labour mayor
It may have been wrapped up as an early Christmas present for councils, but the £240m fund…
Andy Burnham: 2016 is over – It is time to let its rows and divisiveness die with it
If 2016 was the year of political earthquakes, then 2017 must be when the Left dusts itself down…
It is morally repugnant that any human faces the fear of homelessness – so what the Dickens are the Tories doing about it?
The philanthropic is always a hot topic at Christmas. From Oliver Twist and Ebenezer Scrooge on our television…
Luke Akehurst: The blunt truth – Labour’s vote has fallen in most parts of Britain
At the end of September and in March this year and December 2015 I reviewed Labour’ s performance in local council…
Labour vote share falls again as Lib Dems make gains in council by-elections
Labour slipped back in a series of council votes on a night when the Lib Dems made gains…
GMB: Social care settlement sends a shameful message that low-paid workers should do even more for less
Yesterday’s local government financial settlement showed us all what Sajid Javid thinks of local communities. The answer is…
We need investment to solve social care crisis, not the buck passed to local government, a council leader writes
“The only solution is genuinely new money”. That was the local government’s plea to Westminster hours before the…
PMQs verdict: Corbyn prospers as social care crisis quells Christmas cheer
It was the last prime minister’s questions of 2016 and what price would you have got 12 months…
