Pay more, get less – the Conservative plan for council tax payers in 2021
When you’re down, the first thing you need to do is get back on your feet. Our country…
Local government
Labour must seize the chance to boost equality for disabled party candidates
In January 2019, I started a campaign for disabled Labour candidates to receive the same support as party…
Support councils and scrap tax hike to help families, Starmer urges Johnson
Keir Starmer has declared that Labour will be “the party of the family” under his leadership and called…
How the government’s approach to schools unravelled over three weeks
If a week is a long time in politics, I’m not sure how to describe the last three.…
All I want for Christmas… is a government that listens to people
It was 9.39pm on Sunday, March 8th, when I was alerted to the first positive case of Covid-19…
Give us the tools for the job – and watch the Steel City rise
Most people will be familiar with The Full Monty, the film and musical about laid-off Sheffield steel workers, scratching…
Liverpool: will Robert Jenrick stage an intervention?
We were told the real deadline for a post-Brexit trade deal was Sunday night, or possibly Monday morning.…
Legitimate, diverse, capable local government? We need electoral reform
The value of local government has really been proved during this pandemic. From supporting those who are shielding,…
We’re not just renewing Welsh democracy. Labour is revolutionising it
The Welsh Labour manifesto made a series of promises five years ago to extend local democracy and change…
We must do absolutely everything in our power to protect shopworkers
During Covid-19, we have quite rightly witnessed a renewed appreciation of shopworkers and the important work they do…
