Local elections 2024 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, on a night of strong results… Daniel Green 3rd May, 2024, 11:30 am
Local elections 2024 Hartlepool council results: Labour proves ‘Red Wall’ progress after past troubles Labour has taken back control of Hartlepool council in the north-east in this year’s local elections, in what… Daniel Green, Tom Belger & Katie Neame 3rd May, 2024, 1:06 am
Analysis 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… Morgan Jones 2nd May, 2024, 9:09 am
News 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 on May Day over Labour watering down… Tom Belger 1st May, 2024, 8:21 pm
Comment ‘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… Dr Mark Garnett 26th April, 2024, 8:00 am
Columnist ‘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… Alice Perry 23rd April, 2024, 10:10 am
Analysis 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.… Daniel Green 21st April, 2024, 8:30 am
Comment ‘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… Shanika Mahendran 19th April, 2024, 9:48 am
Analysis Adur local elections: How a red wave can end 25-year Tory grip on south coast With the eyes of many a political pundit fixed on local election battles in the “red wall”, you… Daniel Green 14th April, 2024, 8:30 am
Comment ‘Labour is right to embrace the Union Jack. It isn’t the property of the far right’ Of course, the far right thinks it owns the union flag. But it doesn’t; it never has and… Waseem Zaffar 9th April, 2024, 8:00 pm