How can Labour make devolution to English cities a reality?
Ed Miliband’s pledge that a Labour Government in 2015 would deliver “the biggest economic devolution of power to…
Cities
Moving power closer to you – Miliband’s £20 billion boost for cities and regions
Miliband has been criticised in recent weeks – including by me – for the lack of boldness in…
8 big ideas for a Miliband government
Ed Miliband must take into the election “a vision of a much more equal and sustainable society” said…
The Sticks and the City
My brother, once he’d got himself set up with a room in a shared house near a tube…
Sunderland: help us meet our own city’s needs
Sunderland’s ask of any new government is simple: help us to develop our own solutions to meet our…
Empowering our cities will help tackle the housing crisis
In the months since Ed Miliband appointed me as Shadow Housing Minister I’ve been visiting cities across England…
It’s time to let go
I’m a Londoner, born and bred. But part of my heart will forever be in Manchester. It was…
A new generation of New Towns and Garden Cities
Around 2.6 million people live in the 30-plus New Towns and cities built since the Second World War,…
The current way of funding our cities is broken beyond repair
Things are tough – but do they have to be as tough as this? An increasingly common cry…
We will not solve our problems by pulling levers in Whitehall
Last week was Labour’s power week. Ed Miliband and myself set out the approach Labour will take to…
