By devolving the arts, Labour can offer a powerful alternative to Tory tokenism
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden last week provoked a new front in the ‘culture war’, proposing that national arts,…
Devolution
We need our own Welsh constitutional convention – a people’s convention
Our RightWhen Bob Dylan sang “don’t speak too soon for the wheel is still in spin, for the…
What we learnt from the English Labour Network conference
Calls for a devolution have picked up pace over the last year. Demands for a new settlement have…
Drakeford: Labour will put climate crisis fight at heart of Senedd campaign
Mark Drakeford will set out the ground on which the Welsh Labour Party will fight the Senedd election…
Labour is talking devolution. Let’s get that conversation right for England
With everything that’s going on right now, it might seem perverse to spend time talking about English identity…
Constitutional reform is not sexy, but it’s key to building a progressive agenda
John Spellar MP recently wrote a piece for LabourList complaining about “constitution-mongering”. It began with the claim that…
Deliver, don’t dither. Labour must drop its obsession with constitutional issues
The pandemic has turned the world upside down in the ways we work and live, and many of…
Gordon Brown to meet Labour mayors in England for constitutional review
Labour’s regional mayors in England have released a joint statement ahead of their meeting with Gordon Brown on…
Britain’s democracy is broken. Labour should lead the push for reform
‘Constitutional reform’ and ‘devolution’ are words that may not stir the passions of the average Labour member as…
The Tories have pulled Britain apart. Labour must bring us back together
Local government has done an extraordinary job in getting communities through the Covid-19 pandemic. In a very real…
