Labour need a new slogan. How about: ‘Devolution Works’?
Labour did well in the local elections and although no one thinks victory next year is inevitable, there…
Devolution
20 ways to make Britain better – 5. Devolving benefits to local government
There is some talk in Labour circles of devolving benefits from central to local government and cities. For…
People across the country feel London does not benefit them
In just over two weeks’ time, millions of people will go to the polls to have their say…
Remembering John Smith
Today we mark two significant anniversaries: the twentieth anniversary of John Smith’s death and the fifteenth anniversary of the…
Raising standards by devolving power and accountability
The Report published last week, recommending how Labour should treat school structures and functions after our return to Government…
Against Labour’s nascent left localism
An internal Labour movement of thinktankers, MPs, journalists, and academics (including LabourList’s own editor, Mark Ferguson) has coalesced…
We must use days like this to build our communities
St George’s Day is popular in Wigan. Scouts and Brownies take to the streets for an annual St.…
Our different identities are what makes the UK work
Last week Alex Salmond told a New York audience that he had no territorial ambitions in the North…
Is the Labour Party campaigning hard enough for the European elections?
In a week that supposedly signalled an end of the Cost of Living Crisis as wages begin to…
Weekly survey: Cost of living, elections and devolution
Average wages are set to rise faster than prices – so is there still a cost of living…
