Corbyn aide Steve Rotheram selected as Labour candidate for Liverpool city region mayor
Steve Rotheram, the Liverpool Walton MP and Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Jeremy Corbyn, has been selected as…
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Labour set to announce winners of mayoral selections in three major cities
The candidates for Labour’s metropolitan mayors in Manchester and the West Midlands are expected to be announced today…
What you need to know about Labour’s metro mayor selections
While several weeks remain before ballots go out in this summer’s leadership contest, voting is almost overin several major…
Burnham and Rotherham call for Labour officials to extend mayoral selection deadline
Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram have called on Labour HQ to push back the deadline for voting in…
Brexit prolongs austerity but Labour’s brilliant local leaders will help communities survive
The British public’s decision to pull out of the European Union has shaken our politics and the economy.…
Liverpool mayor: As a trade unionist I know we can fix the free movement problems without quitting the EU
There never used to be a problem with the free movement of people until it became the mass…
Burnham defends Cabinet experience after criticism from Liverpool mayor
The mayor of Liverpool has taken the unusual step of criticising shadow Cabinet minister Andy Burnham as the…
Luciana Berger in running for Liverpool City Region Mayor
Luciana Berger will today become the third candidate in the race to get the Labour nomination for the…
Thatcher wanted the ‘managed decline’ of Merseyside. I want to manage its renaissance
Back in the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher’s government came close to writing off Merseyside. There was a serious conversation…
Burnham emerges as LabourList readers’ favourite for Manchester Mayor
Andy Burnham is LabourList readers’ favourite to become the Labour candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester. The Shadow…
