Metro Mayor candidate: Tory austerity is eating away at public services
This is the text of the speech Sue Jeffrey gave when she won selection to be Labour’s Tees…
Housing
Tory trickery on funding will not tackle the social care crisis, writes a Labour mayor
It may have been wrapped up as an early Christmas present for councils, but the £240m fund…
Last year people took a risk and voted for change – in 2017 employers and politicians must hold their heads up and start to listen
This is the New Year message issued today by GMB general secretary Tim Roache. In generations to come,…
I have spent 40 years taking on the establishment, now is the chance for change – Corbyn’s new year message
This is the full text of Jeremy Corbyn’s new year message, published today. I think it’s fair to…
Corbyn: Nobody should be homeless this Christmas in sixth-richest country in the world
Jeremy Corbyn has issued a fresh warning of the impact of loneliness at Christmas and the “shocking rise”…
At this time of year the generosity of ordinary people helps the vulnerable and the lonely – Corbyn’s Christmas message
This is the Christmas message published today by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Happy Christmas. I’d like to send greetings from myself and on…
An astonishing set of Tory failures: top Labour figures give their verdict on key Autumn Statement measures
£122bn of extra borrowing by 2021 and growth downgraded for next year John McDonnell, shadow chancellor: “The figures speak…
“No plan to fix the housing crisis” – John Healey on Tory affordable homes pledge
This is the full response issued by John Healey, shadow secretary of state for housing, after the government…
Reeves and Leslie among Labour backbenchers demanding chancellor tackle inequality in Brexit Britain
A group of former shadow cabinet ministers have come together to set out their own stance on the…
With Sadiq as mayor we have a chance on housing despite these out-of-touch Tory reforms, a Labour councillor writes
Sadiq Khan was the first London mayoral candidate to put housing at the front and centre of the…
