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…
Local government
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…
Is Keir Starmer a winner? May 2021 elections will give us a clue
Were it not for Covid-19, Keir Starmer would have faced voters a little over a month after becoming…
How local government has responded to Covid-19: adult social care
The local government response to Covid has been wide-ranging and involved all elements of council services. In a…
The threat of more austerity is chilling for councils in the Covid crisis
It has already become somewhat of a cliché to talk about not going back to the pre-coronavirus world…
