The Brexit vote was a call for devolution – not more powers for the PM and Whitehall
Despite ongoing uncertainty around the commitment to this agenda within Theresa May’s cabinet, calls for greater devolution continue…
Local government
Council by-elections: Lib Dems gain at Tories’ and Labour’s expense
Labour have lost one council seat and seen their vote share fall in another on a night where the Liberal…
Metro mayors: Your guide to who is standing for Labour, where and when
The Labour line-up for this year’s metro mayor elections is close to being completed. LabourList has a rundown…
Labour members choose second woman in 24 hours for metro mayor contest
The leader of Redcar and Cleveland council has won the selection to be Labour’s candidate for the region’s…
Tory trickery on funding will not tackle the social care crisis, writes a Labour mayor
It may have been wrapped up as an early Christmas present for councils, but the £240m fund…
Corbyn and Ashworth deliver call to arms over care crisis… and call out UKIP’s tricks
Jeremy Corbyn has launched a stinging condemnation of the government’s slashing of council budgets and “idiotic economics” of…
Labour vote share falls again as Lib Dems make gains in council by-elections
Labour slipped back in a series of council votes on a night when the Lib Dems made gains…
GMB: Social care settlement sends a shameful message that low-paid workers should do even more for less
Yesterday’s local government financial settlement showed us all what Sajid Javid thinks of local communities. The answer is…
Social care settlement will barely “make a dent” in the funding gap
The Tories have provided an “inadequate” social care “sticking plaster” in the council tax add-on Teresa Pearce has said.…
We need investment to solve social care crisis, not the buck passed to local government, a council leader writes
“The only solution is genuinely new money”. That was the local government’s plea to Westminster hours before the…
