‘How to be a SpAd: Some advice for new Special Advisers’
Ministers have wasted little time in putting their mark on their departments. The steady stream of announcements suggests…
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Government ends suspension of funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees
David Lammy has announced that the government is overturning the suspension of funding to the United Nations’ agency…
‘Why Labour needs to empower and resource councils in county areas’
After Labour’s landslide this month, the electoral map has changed. This is especially true for England’s county and…
‘How a red tide swept Cornwall – and securonomics could sustain it’
Far west of Westminster, beyond the north-south divide, a distinctively local story of Labour’s landslide success can be…
‘We’re behind on our climate targets for 2030. So make action a council duty’
In its progress report released today, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has been clear that increased climate action is necessary…
First Minister of Wales: Contenders to replace Gething as Welsh Labour leader
Following Vaughan Gething’s resignation earlier this week as First Minister of Wales, discussion of who might replace him…
Charities at roundtable say axe two-child cap as child poverty taskforce launched
Charities which attended a child poverty roundtable with ministers on Wednesday have called on the government to scrap…
King’s Speech: Government to face four amendments on two-child benefit cap
The government is set to face four amendments to the King’s Speech over the controversial two-child benefit cap.…
PLP elections: Morden becomes chair as Akehurst and Singh Josan return to NEC
Labour MPs have voted for Keir Starmer’s former parliamentary private secretary Jessica Morden to be their “shop steward”…
‘Critics say support is ‘shallow’. But like the Three Lions, it is results that count’
Last Thursday’s general election was an election like no other. Labour won a whacking 412 seats, up 211…
