Hartlepool council results: Labour proves ‘Red Wall’ progress after past troubles
Labour has taken back control of Hartlepool council in the north-east in this year’s local elections, in what…
Local elections
Ian Murray: ‘John Swinney offers nothing new – Scotland can send a government to Westminster, not just a message’
There have been a lot of remarkable moments in Scottish politics recently. For the Scottish Labour Party many…
Tom Baldwin: ‘What Blackpool’s deckchairs can tell us about its by-election’
Ten years ago, Blackpool council sold off its entire stock of 6,000 municipal deckchairs, claiming the holidaymakers who…
Inside Labour’s local election campaign: Ellie Reeves on where to spend polling day and the key contests to watch
Labour’s deputy national campaign co-ordinator Ellie Reeves has dubbed the West Midlands “the place to be on polling…
Hartlepool elections: Inside Labour’s bid to take back control in ‘red wall’ town
Hartlepool almost spelt the end of Keir Starmer’s leadership before it really began, as a recent biography revealed.…
Revealed: Poll shows 1 in 4 Tory voters says Rayner faces ‘smear campaign’
More than half of Labour voters and a quarter of Tory voters say the row over Angela Rayner’s…
Steve Rotheram: ‘Mayors are paving the way now for Labour’s bold bus plans’
Pick up any paper or turn on the news on any given day and you’re bound to be…
As fake Labour MP Fiona Wilson polls well…we find real politician Fiona Wilson
A story in The Times today found that “Fiona Wilson” polled better than some members of the shadow…
‘In praise of organisers: the hidden cogs in Labour’s election machine’
Do you know what a WARP sheet is? Or a risograph? Is your working life dictated by an…
‘Forget the progressive alliance. Labour must fight as many seats as possible’
As the next general election fast approaches, there is talk amongst supporters of the ‘progressive alliance’ about Labour…
