Local government is short of 3,000 women councillors – we must do better
Part of a LabourList series on International Women’s Day 2018. Why do so few women hold elected office in…
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Alice Perry: How to improve diversity in local government
For many years, the Labour Party has been working hard to ensure our elected representatives reflect the diversity…
Labour’s Brexit offer too similar to the Tories’, say LabourList readers
Labour’s Brexit offer is not sufficiently different enough to that of the Conservatives, LabourList readers have said. Some…
The SNP’s cuts are tearing at the fabric of our public services, writes Scottish Labour’s deputy leader
As politicians we often find ourselves talking about the latest international crisis, or the minutiae of a policy…
The left has a proud tradition of mutuality that can help provide answers to the demand to “take back control”
As the political uncertainties and consequences of Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory swirl around, the Co-operative Party will…
1,000 Labour councillors: Why we are backing Owen Smith to continue the fight against austerity
Update: This letter was signed by 500 Labour councillors on July 26, 2016. It has now been updated…
All politics is local – why we’re backing Owen Smith
By Cllr Michael Payne and Cllr Tim Roca Nye Bevan said if you don’t possess power then you…
I will vote for Corbyn warts and all – but it is time to end the impasse and share power between the two wings of Labour
I joined the Wembley South Young Socialists just before my 16th birthday in 1960. I had started…
Over 600 councillors tell Corbyn: time to step down
The list below was edited when it emerged that a small minority of councillors had inadvertently given approval…
What works where? Local Labour politicians tell how they won and lost key councils
The English local elections have sparked conversations about whether or not the party can celebrate or is set…
