How Labour is tackling the children’s social care crisis in Leeds
Ten years of a Conservative government has created a crisis in children’s social care. Nationally, the number of…
Local government week
Allowing the Tories to be the party of devolution would be a catastrophic failure
Whilst Labour has been arguing over Brexit and a range of other issues, it has largely ignored another…
Under my leadership, Labour will radically overhaul local authority funding
After our worst general election defeat since 1935, we are further from power than at any time in…
How Labour councils are helping each other to succeed
“There is no limit to what you can accomplish as long as you do not care who gets…
Are Labour ‘establishment’ councils the problem?
In May 1973, Ted Heath was Prime Minister, Pink Floyd had recently released their album Dark Side of…
Labour in local government needs to look more like our communities
With the election of 104 female MPs last year, the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) is now 51% female,…
Plans for internal party reform dominate Labour leadership race
Internal party structures are the talk of the Labour leadership race at the moment. Perhaps this reflects that,…
My vision for Labour in local government – green, democratic and socialist
Local government is critical to us winning in Westminster and delivering our 21st-century socialist policies – but for…
The cynical ‘fair funding review’ will be a major test for new Tory MPs
The ‘fair funding review’, which will affect how funding is allocated and redistributed between local authorities from 2020…
Our experience of seizing power in true blue North Hertfordshire
As someone who has spent far too many years as a Labour councillor in deep blue Tory Hertfordshire,…
