Exclusive: PM “should’ve sacked Jenrick”, says Labour’s Steve Reed
Labour’s Steve Reed believes that the Prime Minister “should have sacked” Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick over the Westferry…
Local government
Labour Bristol mayor backs debt cancellation for local authorities
The Labour mayor of Bristol has called on the government to “underwrite the true costs of the pandemic…
Southwark will harness the energy of protest to shape lasting change
The last few weeks have been some of the most challenging of my political life. Challenging because Southwark…
PMQs: Starmer attacked – but PM undermined by his own record
Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions saw Keir Starmer try to steer the conversation towards rising child poverty and local…
Labour for Devolution: We need to rebalance Britain and build a fairer union
With contact tracing and lockdown easing set to repeat the tragic shambles of testing and personal protective equipment…
Labour councils pledge to review all statues and commemorations in their areas
Labour councils have pledged to review all statues and commemorations in their local areas following the removal of…
Labour winning power, with the help of David Evans
Watching the Conservative government floundering in the face of a crisis it is ideologically unable to tackle provides…
Momentum launch socialist councillor recruitment programme
Labour left organisation Momentum has launched a councillor recruitment programme to boost the number of socialist representatives in…
How local government has responded to Covid-19 – and what it means financially
Each day this week I’ve written about a different element of the local government response to Covid-19. Whilst…
How local government has responded to Covid-19: government guidance
I had planned to spend this week looking at different policy areas and outlining some of the ways…
