Our leadership candidates must set out a localist vision for Labour
The Labour Local Government conference taking place in Nottingham today will hear from all four of the party…
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Labour councillors are right to ask: “What exactly do we get for our money?”
As an Association of Labour Councillors executive member, the most common question I am asked is: “What exactly…
What Labour should learn from local government about campaigning to win
When the polls closed in May 2015, I got into my car to drive to the count, buoyant…
Allowing the Tories to be the party of devolution would be a catastrophic failure
Whilst Labour has been arguing over Brexit and a range of other issues, it has largely ignored another…
Ballot drop delays, TV debates and fresh policies – Labour’s leadership latest
We are further away from the end of Labour’s leadership election than we are from the 2019 general…
Burgon unveils ‘peace pledge’ to give members veto over military action
Deputy leadership candidate Richard Burgon is set to unveil his proposal for a ‘Labour Peace Pledge’ that would…
PMQs: Corbyn lambasts PM on failure to combat climate crisis
“Poor leadership is nothing new to this Prime Minister.” That was the message from Jeremy Corbyn as he…
Our experience of seizing power in true blue North Hertfordshire
As someone who has spent far too many years as a Labour councillor in deep blue Tory Hertfordshire,…
Centre-left policies won’t cancel out the emotional appeal of nationalism
Nearly four years after the referendum, Britain finally left the EU last week. Walking across Parliament Square ahead…
How will candidates fight to win the country, not just the conference hall?
For too long, our leaders and policies have not been forged in the white heat of a marginal…
