‘We’re drowning here’: Nottingham, the latest Labour council facing the abyss
Another week, another reminder of the grim local government legacy Labour may inherit as another council issues a…
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Preston mosques tell Labour councillors to demand Starmer quit in ceasefire row
Labour councillors in Preston are facing an “unprecedented” call by local mosques for them to publicly demand leader…
‘The Treasury takes 95p in each £1 of tax. Labour should devolve real tax powers’
At conference the other week, Labour set out practical ways the party would improve people’s lives in government.…
Labour roundup: Keir’s anti-HS2 tweets, council coalition collapses, and conference awaits
Help us help you at conference Labour conference is just around the corner, and the LabourList team are…
Roundup: Unions’ New Deal nerves, Labour’s e-recruits, municipal socialism
Good morning on a busy old day in Labourland, where for a change we’ll start with all things…
‘Labour must not throw the net-zero baby out with the ULEZ bathwater’
Whilst the dust settles on the by-election results in Selby and Ainsty, Somerton and Frome and Uxbridge and…
Interview: Is Andrew Western parliament’s most YIMBY politician?
Andrew Western has a good claim to being the Parliamentary Labour Party’s most committed YIMBY. LabourList talks housing,…
‘Labour must reverse council cuts and base funding on need, not local wealth’
As the saying goes, all politics is local. For all the spectacle and drama that Westminster politics brings,…
Giant Labour poll leads, calls for price controls, more walkouts – a new normal?
Good morning. Some two-thirds of voters back price controls on essential goods, while 40 per cent oppose the…
‘The Tories’ anti-boycott bill tried to make Labour squirm – but it backfired’
In the middle of a housing crisis, and with many local authorities facing extreme financial difficulty, you might…
