How local government has responded to Covid-19 – and what it means financially
Each day this week I’ve written about a different element of the local government response to Covid-19. Whilst…
Labour Party
An email to members isn’t enough. Labour must urge all workers to join a union
Checking their inboxes earlier this week, Labour members might have been surprised to find an email from deputy…
WATCH: 7,200 people could die in Wales if R rate rises to 1.1, says Drakeford
Mark Drakeford has said that “with the R rate at 0.8 we think 800 people could die in…
Full list: Labour’s new parliamentary private secretaries
Keir Starmer has appointed his shadow cabinet and junior shadow ministers, completing the new opposition frontbench, and a…
Why the UK needs a strategy for food self-sufficiency
Everyone is interested in eating, which makes it funny how rarely food crops up as a subject for…
Labour calls for plan to deal with non-Covid clinical need backlog
Jonathan Ashworth has called on the government to provide a plan to deal with a “growing and alarming…
225,000 care places lost if government U-turns on council funding, says Labour
Labour has said that the equivalent of 225,000 adult social care places will be severely reduced or lost…
How local government has responded to Covid-19: community support
It became apparent very early on in the current crisis that a principle responsibility of local government during…
Now is exactly the right time to argue for radical change
Life has changed beyond recognition. We keep being told that soon we will enter a ‘new normal’, but…
PM rejects Starmer’s call to correct record on care home guidance
Boris Johnson has rejected the call from Keir Starmer to “come to the House of Commons at the…
