Lessons from campaigning in the Labour heartland seat of Barnsley
Barnsley is often used as an example of a ‘Labour heartland’ seat. Our party was once woven into…
Barnsley
Tony Blair’s sports minister enters race for Sheffield mayor as deadline looms
Former sports minister Richard Caborn has entered the race to be Labour’s candidate for mayor of South Yorkshire.…
Labour needs “fundamental change” in order to win again, Dan Jarvis says
Dan Jarvis has demanded “fundamental change” in the Labour Party and called for different approaches to tackle low pay,…
It’s time today’s Tory ministers apologised for the sins of their fathers
Yesterday cabinet papers from 1984 revealed that Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government did have a secret hit list of…
How we can learn from Shirley – and save untold sums in our health and social care system
Shirley was an elderly person who lived in Barnsley and had significant health and social care needs. Local…
