Daily email 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… Tom Belger 17th May, 2023, 11:48 am
Comment 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… Zoë Billingham 4th May, 2023, 12:34 pm
News 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… Katie Neame 4th May, 2023, 10:28 am
News 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… Katie Neame 14th July, 2022, 1:44 pm
News 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… Elliot Chappell 30th November, 2020, 10:30 pm
Comment 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… Andrew Kersley 9th October, 2020, 8:45 am
Comment 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… Michael Payne 2nd August, 2018, 12:24 pm
Comment 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… Luke Akehurst 1st May, 2018, 11:57 am
Comment 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… Mike Hedges 18th April, 2018, 8:44 am
News 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… Joana Ramiro 23rd March, 2018, 12:54 pm