London’s unique health needs require the local solutions – the case for devolving the capital’s health funding
Every aspect of our health care system in London is at capacity. Hospitals, GPs, ambulances, mental health and…
Devolution
4 reasons why devolution of NHS budgets is a good idea
The recent announcement that the entire NHS health budget for Greater Manchester will be devolved to local councils…
Why Labour should welcome health devolution to Manchester
This week’s surprise announcement from George Osborne that £6 billion of health and care spending would be devolved to…
We’re challenging Westminster: local problems require local solutions
The Cooperative Councils Innovation Network is a collaboration between local authorities who are committed to finding better ways…
Devolving NHS budget to Greater Manchester will create a “two-tier health service”, says Burnham
Andy Burnham, Shadow Health Secretary and the MP for Leigh, has criticised devolution plans that will see Greater…
Labour is the only real party of Wales
Swansea is a city I know well, it is the city of my birth and where I worked…
Decisions on fracking in Wales will be devolved under Labour
Decisions on fracking in Wales would be devolved to the Welsh Assembly under Labour, it has been announced.…
Not everyone will like the real answer to the West Lothian Question
Peter Mandelson isn’t short of detractors. And since the Scottish referendum and the heating up of the English…
Labour pledge to devolve £30bn over five years
Ed Balls, Shadow Chancellor, will today lay out Labour’s five-year devolution plan, which centres around devolving £30billion to…
Gordon Brown back on campaign trail as Murphy pledges to go “even further than the Vow”
Gordon Brown will make a return to the campaign trail for Scottish Labour today, when he appears with…
