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…
Local government
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…
225,000 care places lost if government U-turns on council funding, says Labour
Labour has said that the equivalent of 225,000 adult social care places will be severely reduced or lost…
How local government has responded to Covid-19: community support
It became apparent very early on in the current crisis that a principle responsibility of local government during…
How local government has responded to Covid-19: children’s services
My first piece in this series on the local government response to Covid-19 set out some of the…
