Crowded primary schools undermine the case for yet more academies, Lucy Powell says
Tory plans for the mass conversion of schools to academies will cause the education system to “implode”, Lucy…
Local government
Labour must embrace devolution despite “centralist” instincts, says Tristram Hunt
Labour “must go further and faster” on devolution if the party is to provide an alternative to the…
Ivan Lewis: Manchester does not need or want forced academy status for its schools
George Osborne’s Budget announcement that all primary and secondary schools will be forced to become academies by…
Labour’s newest MP tells PLP to take councils seriously
Jim McMahon, Labour’s newest MP, has criticised the attitude of some in the party for underestimating the importance…
Jon Trickett: Let Labour come together to fight these Thatcherite cuts to local government
I was a councillor in Leeds when Mrs Thatcher was the Prime Minister. It was bad then for…
Cuts to Labour councils five times higher than in Tory heartlands
The true scale of how Conservative cuts have been targeted at less affluent Labour areas is revealed today…
Brexit would lead to “black hole” for local government finances, say Labour council leaders
More than 60 Labour council leaders have put their name to an open letter claiming Brexit would harm…
Scottish Labour pledges to scrap council tax
Scottish Labour has made one of its boldest moves under Kezia Dugdale by pledging to abolish the “unfair”…
Steve Reed: Osborne’s cynical Budget delivered back-door local government cuts
When it comes to local government, the Government says one thing but does another. They talk localist and…
Labour told it must take “urgent action” to improve women’s representation in local government
Labour Women’s Network (LWN) has demanded “urgent action” from the party following their research on women’s representation in…
