Labour today: Burnham sees red, NEC grabs Birmingham, Keir tackles nimbies
Good morning. It’s a busy day too, so we thought we’d try out a slightly different format for…
Local councils
Councils are more than a litmus test for Westminster. But they need new powers
With just over a year to go until a general election, commentators will be looking to make political…
Local elections 2023: Polls open in major test of Labour’s progress under Starmer
Voters across England are heading to the polls today for the 2023 local elections, in one of the…
Private schools depriving local councils of £144m per year, research finds
Research, published as Keir Starmer reaffirmed that Labour plans to scrap private schools’ exemption from VAT, has found…
Covid business grants scheme will “level down” poorest areas, warns Labour
Labour has warned that one of the business grants schemes to be introduced by the government in the…
How Starmer’s Labour could “hand power down to level up”
From Gogglebox to left-wing Twitter, Keir Starmer has faced much criticism in recent weeks as some believe the…
The Tories are failing social care – so local councils are taking over
Our country is facing a social care crisis. In the last six months, more than 100 home-based and…
Luke Akehurst: 5 key battlegrounds outside London to watch on Thursday night
I’ve already written an overview of Thursday’s local elections. Here’s some more detail about five of the key…
Everyone agrees we need larger councils in Wales – but where’s the evidence?
The Welsh local government reorganisation of 1974 created eight county councils and 37 district councils. Then 22 principal areas…
Council by-elections: Good news for Labour and the slow death of UKIP
As another eight council seats went up for by-elections last night, results could hail a shift in political…
