England has the worst Covid death rates in Europe. Labour needs to say so
Welsh health minister Vaughan Gething recently pointed out a startling statistic: if Wales had had the same excess…
Local government
Labour councils are leading the way on housing. The government must follow
Southampton’s Labour council plans to build its way out of the pandemic crisis. In July, the council approved…
Labour MP demands PM investigate gerrymandering by Tory council leader
Update, 6pm: Havering Council monitoring officer has launched an investigation, to be conducted by an officer from another…
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…
Tory council leader planned “politically advantageous” boundary changes
A recording of a Conservative local council leader has been leaked, appearing to reveal the councillor planning boundary…
WATCH: London “not ready” for a local lockdown, says Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan has said that London is “not ready” for a local lockdown, calling for the government to…
This government is weaponising its own incompetence against Labour councils
Britain’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been atrocious. Our country has almost the highest number of per…
Labour demands reversal of “secret £1bn giveaway to second homeowners”
Labour has demanded that the government reverse a “secret £1bn giveaway to second homeowners and landlords” that the…
Back council debt cancellation or face “new phase of austerity”, Labour told
The Labour Campaign for Council Housing has said that the Labour Party must “support and campaign for debt…
Momentum’s new leadership is wrong to attack Labour councils
Left-wing Labour organisation Momentum ushered in a new dawn this weekend, with Gaya Sriskanthan and Andrew Scattergood succeeding…
