Chris Skidmore by-election: Meet Kingswood Labour candidate Damien Egan
Labour’s general election candidate for Bristol North East, Damian Egan, has been selected to fight the upcoming Kingswood…
Lewisham
Labour must not shy away from supporting refugees and asylum seekers
Lewisham’s Labour-run council has this week been recognised by City of Sanctuary as the first formal ‘borough of…
Why I’m campaigning to change our racist drug laws – and I hope you’ll join me
The racial bias in the UK’s drug laws cannot be ignored and has only become worse with Covid-19.…
Our disabled people’s commission can identify barriers and deliver change
Labour has traditionally led the way in challenging ableism. More recently, this has meant standing up to central…
Lewisham is showing the difference Labour can make in local government
Bringing council services in-house, giving 50 agency staff permanent contracts, securing £37m to deliver 384 new council homes,…
70 years since the Commonwealth was formed, we’ve yet to shake off Britain’s colonial legacy
Today we welcomed local school children in Lewisham to mark Commonwealth Day. Councils across the UK and Commonwealth…
Damien Egan: Local government must lead the way on the real living wage
The Prime Minister claims that austerity is over. But that’s hard to believe with one in five people…
Ellie Reeves: Tories won’t fix the housing crisis – but Labour in London will start 10,000 new council homes by 2022
It will come as no surprise to LabourList readers that London’s council housing stock has depleted dramatically over…
This is the day that Labour women should think about joining the inspirational Jo Cox leadership programme
I was in the conference hall in 2016 when Tom Watson announced the creation of a new training…
Labour activists pick trade unionist to succeed London borough’s veteran mayor
Labour members have chosen a councillor and trade unionist from the centre-left as its candidate for a borough…
