Joe Anderson: Labour should back a second EU referendum
We’ve come a long way from the days when Brexiteers promised a free trade utopia and an £350m…
Liverpool
Joe Anderson: Liverpool fire shows Tories need a reality check
You may have seen the news reports over the Christmas break of the devastating car park fire in…
Joe Anderson: Housing is too important to leave to the iniquities of the free market
It’s hardly surprising that for the first time since the slum clearances in the 1950s and 1960s, there…
Joe Anderson: Chancellor’s cash an insult to the north after years of austerity
“It’s a wicked and cynical business offering superficially simple solutions to complex challenges,” Philip Hammond told the Conservative party conference…
Where are the women? What a new report tells us about Labour in local government
Is Labour doing badly when it comes to women’s representation in local government? Yes, we’re doing fairly shockingly,…
Rotheram: My relief after hero taxi driver found daughters after Manchester terror attack
Labour mayor Steve Rotheram has spoken of his relief after a taxi driver found his two daughters safely in…
“A heartbreaking moment for our nation” – Labour figures including Burnham, Dugdale and Sadiq on Manchester terror attack
Figures from across the labour movement have paid tribute to the victims of the Manchester terrorist attack, and…
Bean over Britain: Alison McGovern on Tory school cuts, Liverpool FC and what Labour means to her family
Alison McGovern is standing again for election in her home seat of Wirral South, which she has represented…
Now the poetry is over: how Labour’s metro mayors can govern in prose and begin the job of changing lives
Labour mayors are now in place in both Manchester and Liverpool. The newly elected politicians have an ability to…
Luke Akehurst: Our losses in local government were unprecedented
Every May since 2011 I have written a guide to what might constitute success for Labour in the…
