Comment Local elections 2024: ‘Key council tests for Labour in each region of England’ Last year’s local elections saw plenty of Labour celebrations in areas like Medway, Swindon, Plymouth and Stoke-on-Trent as… Jonathan Carr-West 28th April, 2024, 8:00 am
Analysis Hartlepool elections: Inside Labour’s bid to take back control in ‘red wall’ town Hartlepool almost spelt the end of Keir Starmer’s leadership before it really began, as a recent biography revealed.… Daniel Green 21st April, 2024, 8:30 am
News NEC steps in again in under-fire Birmingham to reappoint leaders Labour’s national executive committee has stepped in again in Birmingham City Council, LabourList understands, reappointing the council’s current… Katie Neame 16th April, 2024, 10:27 am
Comment Four ways Labour could fix the crisis in local council finances England’s councils are in serious financial trouble. Six including Birmingham, Nottingham and Croydon have effectively announced their bankruptcy,… Kevin Muldoon-Smith 24th February, 2024, 8:00 am
Comment Forde report update, selections, general election campaign – Labour NEC report NEC meeting, January 23th 2024 The meeting opened with warm tributes to Tony Lloyd, Glenys Kinnock, Derek Draper… Ann Black 2nd February, 2024, 10:56 am
Comment ‘Nottingham faces unprecedented cuts by government diktat – this is not local democracy’ When Nottingham City Council announced it was issuing a Section 114 notice in November last year, there was… Stephen Battlemuch 31st January, 2024, 12:27 pm
Comment ‘If Labour can’t spend more, here’s how we spend better to fix council budgets’ On Monday, Angela Rayner described the government’s announcement of £600m of new emergency local authority funding as a… John Denham 31st January, 2024, 7:00 am
Comment ‘Local government needs more women. Here’s why you should get involved’ Whether or not Rishi Sunak decides to call an election in May, we know one thing for certain… Sharon Thompson 28th January, 2024, 9:00 am
News Shock by-election loss for Hackney Labour after suspension and trans row Hackney Labour has suffered a shock by-election defeat to the Conservatives despite the party’s huge national poll lead,… Tom Belger 19th January, 2024, 9:46 am
News Birmingham Labour veteran risks losing honours for lying over giving voters fruit A former Lord Mayor of Birmingham risks losing his honorary title after he was criticised by a High… Katie Neame 3rd January, 2024, 4:41 pm