Labour’s shortfall in women councillors revealed in new report
More than 3,000 more women councillors must be elected if England is to achieve a gender balance in…
Local government
John Denham: We are the patriotic party. Our new network will give England a voice
Labour has to win England. Despite our strength in Wales, and welcome recovery in Scotland, Labour must aim…
Local Labour parties must win back right to pick local candidates, says NEC member
A prominent official on Labour’s ruling body has called on the party to return to open selections for…
Bean over Britain: Lucas on Labour, tribalism and how spending cuts hit locally
Labour has held Wrexham since before the second world war but the threat of a regressive alliance could see…
How we are fighting to keep a Labour fortress safe amid a sea of Tory blue
This weekend I joined the Labour campaign trail in Exeter, where Labour incumbent Ben Bradshaw is defending a…
Weekly survey: Poll ratings, May’s u-turn and doing deals with the Tories
With the gap between Labour and the Tories narrowing in polls published over the weekend, we ask will…
Labour officials veto councillors’ extraordinary coalition deal with the Tories
Labour’s high command has threatened to suspend the councillors who stunned members by striking a deal with the Tories…
Luke Akehurst: Our losses in local government were unprecedented
Every May since 2011 I have written a guide to what might constitute success for Labour in the…
It was a bad night for Labour but a worse one for UKIP – now we have four weeks to prove what the Tories are getting wrong
Labour members woke to difficult news this morning as early results from local elections streamed in. Overnight counting…
Margaret Hodge: Labour needs more women at the top of local government
The lack of women in Westminster is rightly decried. But with local councils spending £94bn of public money…
