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By Rachel Reeves MP / @_RachelReeves_ Last week Vince Cable appeared before the Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) select committee to answer questions about the government's decision to axe the £80m loan to Sheffield Forgemasters. The…
By Rachel Reeves MP / @_RachelReeves_ Last week Vince Cable appeared before the Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) select committee to answer questions about the government's decision to axe the £80m loan to Sheffield Forgemasters. The…
By Tim Cheetham / @cllrtim Labourlist readers may remember reading in July that Councillor Sharron Brook, Lib Dem on Barnsley MBC, had put out an interesting issue of Focus. This was, in many ways a principled way to approach a personal…
By Alan Rhodes Some weeks ago at our full council meeting, just hours after the proposed Tory budget for Nottinghamshire had been leaked, I described their plans for Nottinghamshire as "kicking the vulnerable" and nothing that has been…
By Chris Williamson Derby is renowned as the region's economic powerhouse, generating more exports per capita than anywhere else in the UK. The average earnings of people who work here are the highest in the East Midlands. But in an…
By Carmen Wright I am employed as a stage manager, lighting designer and technician at The Drum in Birmingham, a venue dedicated to developing and promoting the contemporary art and culture of the British African, Asian and Caribbean…
