Local elections 2024: ‘Karl Marx’ wins a local council seat in Stockport
A “Karl Marx” has been re-elected as a Labour councillor in Stockport as the party gained support across the country.
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Hartlepool council results: Labour proves ‘Red Wall’ progress after past troubles
Labour says it has won back control in Hartlepool at the 2024 local elections.
North Herts local elections: ‘We want to show Labour can demolish the blue wall’
Over the last few years, Labour has won a string of by-elections in both places it broadly expected to win – like Wakefield and Rutherglen, both held by the party in 2017 – and in places it would not, in a normal election year, devote…
Unite chief says row over New Deal rowback on May Day ‘beyond irony’ – but has Labour watered down its pledges?
The general secretary of Unite Sharon Graham has warned a row over Labour watering down its New Deal for Working People on May Day is "beyond irony".
‘History and poll leads suggest Labour can be bolder, even if it costs some votes’
Should Labour members get ready to party like it’s 1997? The consistent message of opinion polls certainly suggests that the bumper crop of Tory MPs opting for retirement or Reform UK might have got something right for once. A more reliable…
‘National flags and identity can be inclusive – we’re right to embrace them’
From the very beginning, Keir Starmer’s Labour has been proudly patriotic. The 2022 Labour Party conference opened with delegates coming together to sing the national anthem to pay their respects to the late Queen. Flags feature prominently…
Hartlepool elections: Inside Labour’s bid to take back control in ‘red wall’ town
Hartlepool almost spelt the end of Keir Starmer’s leadership before it really began, as a recent biography revealed. Labour’s loss of the town in County Durham, which had been held by the party for almost six decades, in a 2021 by-election…
Andy Burnham manifesto: Greater Manchester mayor reveals three key election pledges in bid for third term
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has unveiled his vision for a third term in office, with three key pledges at the core of his manifesto.
‘How Labour could win a Milton Keynes majority for the first time in decades’
Rishi Sunak may have chickened out of calling an election this May, but we still have the opportunity to create enormous change. Here in Milton Keynes, Labour stands poised to take majority control of the City Council, the first Labour…
Adur local elections: How a red wave can end 25-year Tory grip on south coast
For the first time in its history, voters for this district council on the Sussex coast look set to elect a Labour administration