Devolution

Seven Labour council leaders reveal their proposals for how a Starmer government should radically devolve power to councils and communities, to build stronger public services and better places to live. This is an edited extract from A…

Keir Starmer has committed a future Labour government to undertaking a “huge shift of power and control out of Westminster and back into the hands of communities” to “transform our economy, our politics and our democracy”. As Angela Rayner…

At this year’s Welsh Labour conference, delegates overwhelmingly voted to devolve the Labour rule book. This would make Welsh Labour, for all intents and purposes, a sister party to UK Labour. Members did this because here in Wales we have…

Labour has carefully avoided mentioning 'levelling up' in the five missions Sir Keir Starmer has outlined this year. But whether the phrase survives or not as we approach the election, the issues that underpin it cannot be avoided. The…

Jobcentres could be, and should be, a place people turn to for support. They should be a ‘labour exchange’ where people seeking work and employers providing work can come together. They should provide the advice and referrals people need…

For the Tories, ‘levelling up’ the North is an election slogan. For Labour, it must be a job we deliver on. As a Northerner, I get fed up with Tory MPs standing up in the House of Commons to talk about their party levelling up the North…

Good morning and happy solstice. Back in the Commons today like a bad smell is the minimum service levels bill. The TUC estimates that the bill is a threat to the right to strike of one in five British workers, and calling the bill…

Good morning. Parliamentary recess continues, so we thought we'd turn our attention to an under-reported story following the local elections - the "unprecedented" number of Labour groups seeking party sign-off for council coalitions. That's…

When I ran to be the first Labour metro mayor of the West of England region, reforming the way we train up people with new skills and backing good-quality union jobs were key drivers for me. Fast forward two years, and I’ve already taken…

Keir Starmer has declared that the Labour Party under his leadership will go "further and deeper" than New Labour in changing party culture with the intention that Labour again becomes the "natural vehicle" for working people. In a speech…

With just over a year to go until a general election, commentators will be looking to make political predictions based on the results of today’s local elections. But these local elections are important in their own right. With more than…

We need to be honest: devolution with a Conservative government just can’t make the difference it should. Yes, there are success stories – you only need to get on a bus in Manchester or Leeds to see that. But in too many parts of England…