Yvonne Fovargue: Children’s services need more than a sticking plaster
Despite the severe and urgent crisis facing our councils, the government continues to cut budgets. The local government…
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Labour councils are reinventing municipal socialism and trying to hold back austerity
If we are to prepare for power nationally then we should do more to crowdsource solutions to modern…
Andrew Gwynne: Tory dogma and constant cuts puts Britain’s future at risk
Many families face an increasing pressures on their finances – but rather than properly funding our public services,…
Jack Dromey and John Monks: The time has come for a ministry of labour
by Jack Dromey and John Monks Trade unions are a force for good. Strong trade unions face up…
Andrew Gwynne: Scrap giveaway for bankers to end crisis in children’s services
Today Labour will be challenging the government on its finance bill; arguing that the £4.7bn currently set aside…
Council by-elections: Lib Dems make gains as Labour and Tories slip back in south
Labour lost one council seat to the Lib Dems on a night when Sir Vince Cable’s party were…
Naushabah Khan: Rise in rough sleeping underlines human cost of austerity
A damming report published this week by the National Audit Office (NAO), the public spending watchdog, showed a…
Updated: Labour make gains in council by-elections as Lib Dems lose ground
Labour gained seats from the Tories and Lib Dems in a series of council by-elections last night. Jeremy…
Fabians: Recruit a volunteer army to save our environment before it is too late
The Fabian Society today published Powerful People, Powerful Places, a report on environmental activism, which has been endorsed by…
Neil Coyle: There is nothing inevitable about homelessness so let’s work together to tackle this scourge on society
Homelessness can affect anyone – yet it is often not seen as a problem for many groups and…