What we learnt about Labour’s leadership race from the Newsnight debate
My own local party nomination meeting was held last night and went as expected. One member said Keir…
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What does Keir Starmer mean by a ‘Prevention of Military Intervention Act’?
Keir Starmer can fairly be described as the frontrunner in Labour’s leadership contest. As well as gaining the…
Labour needs a politics of earning and belonging
“This is the dawn of a new era,” declared Boris Johnson an hour before Brexit. He has exploited…
Sunday shows: Dawn Butler, Rosena Allin-Khan and Andy Burnham
Ridge on Sunday Labour deputy leadership candidate Dawn Butler hit headlines for appearing to suggest that the decision…
Why Labour should put more councillors in the upper chamber
The House of Lords is an almost all-appointed upper chamber, whose members are generally nominated by the two…
For the sake of Labour councillors, bin the democracy review and start again
It’s not been easy as a council leader over the past four and a half years, supposedly forming…
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…
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…
