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Labour Sheffield City Region mayor Dan Jarvis and the leaders of South Yorkshire's councils have approved an £860m coronavirus recovery stimulus package described as a "new deal for South Yorkshire". In a meeting this morning, the combined…
Hollie Cameron has been removed as a Labour MSP candidate for Glasgow Kelvin after suggesting that another independence vote could be held in the next parliamentary term, LabourList can reveal. Picked to stand for Glasgow Kelvin last month…
Our RightWhen Bob Dylan sang "don’t speak too soon for the wheel is still in spin, for the times they are a changing", he was reflecting on the political and social upheavals taking place in America at the time. Nevertheless, his words do…
Labour general secretary David Evans has declared that elections are "always about the future, they're never about the past" in a rare public appearance offering insight into strategic thinking at the top of the party. "I’m not a…
Calls for a devolution have picked up pace over the last year. Demands for a new settlement have been heard from Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other Labour leaders across England, Wales and…
Mark Drakeford will set out the ground on which the Welsh Labour Party will fight the Senedd election in May this year, with a programme that he will argue puts fighting the climate crisis "at the heart of everything we do". In a keynote…
With everything that’s going on right now, it might seem perverse to spend time talking about English identity and devolution. Huge issues like Covid, and the looming constitutional and climate crises, could make discussion around how to…
John Spellar MP recently wrote a piece for LabourList complaining about "constitution-mongering". It began with the claim that the ‘big state’ is working well. This will come as a surprise to anyone who has been observing the state’s…
“I don't believe in independence, I don’t want independence, I will never argue for independence. But we need to at least be part of the debate, showing that if there is to be a referendum in the future, if people in Scotland choose that –…
“I am not prepared to put up with a system, which once every generation, every 30 years, gives us an opportunity to get in with a majority the way the Conservatives do and govern in the same way.” These are the words of Robin Cook, which I…
News of Labour’s plan to make use of the Union Flag in an attempt to rebrand was met with both alarm and approval. A flag may be a simple thing – some colours and shapes on a piece of cloth – but its symbolic, cultural and personal meaning…
The pandemic has turned the world upside down in the ways we work and live, and many of those changes will endure. However, in some cases, traditional methods have been shown to be more effective than fashionable ones. Even Matt Hancock…
