Scottish Labour considers split from UK party in bid to reverse electoral slump
Scottish Labour is considering a move towards becoming independent of the UK Labour Party following another major election…
Devolution
Jim McMahon: Tory devolution is confused and fragmented – Labour must appoint a shadow minister for England
The Labour Party is already in power up and down the land: not in Westminster, but in local councils…
Burnham considering a run for Manchester mayor – so should he stay or go?
Andy Burnham is considering seeking the Labour nomination for the contest to be Manchester mayor, it emerged last…
Nia Griffith: EVEL is a quick fix designed to deliver Tory hegemony
Next month voters in Wales will elect a National Assembly with more powers than ever before. Seventeen years…
Why Alison McGovern and Tristram Hunt are wrong on English devolution
Alison McGovern and Tristram Hunt are both wrong. Our English Challenge won’t be met by dreaming up more…
McDonnell aims to unlock £40bn economic boost with co-op sector expansion
John McDonnell will today lay out an ambitious vision for a more devolved and co-operative state that he…
Tristram Hunt: We can look to Victorian Britain for lessons on 21st century devolution
At a Centre for Cities event in Manchester yesterday I argued that it is time for our party…
Labour must embrace devolution despite “centralist” instincts, says Tristram Hunt
Labour “must go further and faster” on devolution if the party is to provide an alternative to the…
Ivan Lewis: Manchester does not need or want forced academy status for its schools
George Osborne’s Budget announcement that all primary and secondary schools will be forced to become academies by…
Labour’s newest MP tells PLP to take councils seriously
Jim McMahon, Labour’s newest MP, has criticised the attitude of some in the party for underestimating the importance…
