It’s only a month until huge benefit cuts – and no-one knows how many people will be affected or how it will play out
Last Tuesday it rained. Along with other Labour councillors I was in Hackney Town Hall to be briefed…
Local Government
Barking and Dagenham Council introduce highest Living Wage in Britain
Barking and Dagenham Council have tonight agreed to implement a living wage of £9 an hour for all staff…
We need to detoxify “Localism”
By Tudor Evans The Coalition Government’s definition of localism appears to be freedom for local government to make its…
Lib Dem councillor resigns (after just 8 months) due to anger at Coalition Government
A Lib Dem councillor has quite the party just 8 months after being elected due to his anger…
A huge rise in homelessness is on the way – thanks to ‘dividing lines’ on welfare
The Government’s welfare reforms have been hailed as the “greatest since Beveridge” by Iain Duncan Smith. But a…
Public services are at a turning point
Public services are at a turning point. The money’s run out just as our ageing population and rising…
How our Councils can champion our veterans
When we think of service personnel returning from the frontline we often think of the ‘heroes’ welcome’ –…
We believe in Government – it’s just not the same as Whitehall…
As a Labour Leader I know just how difficult the next few months will be. What has made…
Live healthy or lose out?
Last week Westminster council and LGiU hit the headlines for a report about the role of local government…
The end of local government as we know it?
A few days before Christmas, the Government announced the latest local government finance settlement for the next two…
