New LGA and Labour group chairs after Davies and Caliskan become MPs
Leadership vacancies in the Local Government Association (LGA) have now been filled after leading members were elected to…
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LGA Labour chief Nesil Caliskan: Party election machine ‘best it’s ever been’
“If an election was called tomorrow, as a member of the national executive committee, I feel confident that…
Council funding crisis: Another pressing challenge for Labour in government
Council funding woes continue Councils’ financial struggles are back in the news this week, with Birmingham City Council revealing an expected…
‘Labour must reverse council cuts and base funding on need, not local wealth’
As the saying goes, all politics is local. For all the spectacle and drama that Westminster politics brings,…
“Trust is the missing ingredient” – Nandy’s levelling up speech to the LGA
Below is Shadow Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary Lisa Nandy’s speech to the Local Government Association conference…
Labour launches campaign against “developers’ charter” planning reforms
Steve Reed is set to invite all local authorities to help force a government U-turn on controversial planning…
Labour councillors urge government to reverse its decision on remote meetings
The Association of Labour Councillors – a group that represents around 7,000 local councillors – is urging the…
Starmer and Evans pledge to “close the gap” between leadership and councillors
Keir Starmer and David Evans have pledged to “close the gap” between the Labour leadership and the party’s…
This proposed planning overhaul is another Tory assault on affordable housing
The government has just launched a white paper with planning proposals for what the Prime Minister has described…
Labour councils are on the Covid frontline. We need funding and powers
Coronavirus has had a devastating impact in every part of our country, but in the face of this…
