Brexit would lead to “black hole” for local government finances, say Labour council leaders
More than 60 Labour council leaders have put their name to an open letter claiming Brexit would harm…
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Why Labour will oppose the Tory ‘pay more, get less’ plan for councils
The Communities Secretary Greg Clark says he has protected funding for councils over the next four years, but…
Burnham has a plan for the biggest shift from Westminster to councils in a generation
This article is co-authored by 12 Labour group leaders, listed below. Andy Burnham’s speech last week on A New…
Continuing on the current path of local government cuts will damage families, communities, and the NHS
In late 2009 John Denham, the then Secretary of State at the Department of Communities and Local Government…
Has a Labour council banned pork in schools? Er, no
You may have seen the utterly nonsense story doing the rounds today that Islington Council has banned pork…
Councils are on a cliff edge: we can’t carry on like this
Over the next few weeks, local authorities across the country will be announcing their budgets for the coming…
10 things I’ve learned in local government
I’m not re-standing on 22nd May after 12 years as a Hackney Councillor, and two before that as Political…
Tory Council Candidate: “Conservatives are not racist. So many of the Conservatives have foreign wives after all.”
Just when you thought Tory council candidates had learned to stop shooting themselves in the foot (or that…
