News Burnham: I will take metro mayor pay cut to fund scheme to tackle homelessness Andy Burnham has pledged to give away at least 15 per cent of the metro mayor’s salary to… Peter Edwards 7th January, 2017, 7:00 am
News Metro mayors: Your guide to who is standing for Labour, where and when The Labour line-up for this year’s metro mayor elections is close to being completed. LabourList has a rundown… Emma Bean 6th January, 2017, 4:29 pm
Comment Andy Burnham: 2016 is over – It is time to let its rows and divisiveness die with it If 2016 was the year of political earthquakes, then 2017 must be when the Left dusts itself down… Andy Burnham 1st January, 2017, 12:01 am
News Social care settlement will barely “make a dent” in the funding gap The Tories have provided an “inadequate” social care “sticking plaster” in the council tax add-on Teresa Pearce has said.… Emma Bean 15th December, 2016, 6:28 pm
Comment Labour’s big players know we must debate immigration – but party must resist the lure of the right’s post-truth populism Immigration is a topic no one in Labour really relishes discussing. In this post-truth era, where facts no longer… Emma Bean 12th December, 2016, 5:00 pm
News Metro mayors should appoint co-op deputies, new report demands The new breed of metro mayors should appoint deputies to champion the growth of co-operatives across their regions,… Peter Edwards 12th November, 2016, 7:00 am
News Burnham: It’s time to change political culture in Washington and Westminster The political culture in Washington and Westminster has “failed to provide answers” amid the decline of industry, Andy… Peter Edwards 10th November, 2016, 12:52 pm
News Union could “fracture” if inequality not tackled – say Jones, Dugdale, Khan and Burnham Vast gaps in who has Britain’s wealth have driven “a wedge between people and politics”, Sadiq Khan and the… Emma Bean 3rd November, 2016, 3:26 pm
Comment Inequality is “driving a wedge between people and politics” – say Jones, Khan, Dugdale and Burnham This is a joint statement from Kezia Dugdale, Scottish Labour leader, Carwyn Jones, first minister of Wales, Sadiq… 3rd November, 2016, 2:21 pm
News We will “never give up” on Orgreave vows Burnham as home secretary vanishes Andy Burnham today accused Amber Rudd of being “out of her depth” after she failed to show up… Emma Bean 1st November, 2016, 2:34 pm