Labour will review the impact of the Coalition’s squeeze of local communities
By Andy Sawford MP and Stephen Timms MP Five years ago the Conservative Party were keen to brandish their…
Local government
Osborne has chosen short term political gimmicks over a long term economic plan at every turn
George Osborne has insisted his pre-election Budget would contain “no gimmicks” – we’ll see. What we can be…
Continuing on the current path of local government cuts will damage families, communities, and the NHS
In late 2009 John Denham, the then Secretary of State at the Department of Communities and Local Government…
Anti-business? The reality is that, locally, Labour councils are making business work
A flurry of very rich individuals raise fears that a Labour is anti-business. There must be a general election soon.…
Labour Local Government – time to come out of the shadows
The last four years have been testing times for Labour councillors. Along with the Police and Fire service…
Whitehall needs to butt out if we’re going to really change Britain for the better
I wrote recently about how councils have largely coped well with massive cuts from the Tory-led Government, but…
More than £500 million could be saved in local government budget, Labour’s report finds
Following Ed Miliband’s speech on the deficit today, the Labour leadership are outlining how they will make £500…
The first UKIP-run Council is coming and we all need to get ready
UKIP watchers are fixated on which parliamentary seats could fall to the purples, but few seem to be…
Osborne is right (on this one issue) – Greater Manchester needs a Mayor
I don’t make a habit of praising Tory Chancellors – and there is plenty to criticise the current…
After the referendum: devolution needs to apply to the Labour Party too
Now that conference season is over we all know our principle priority. The next seven months have…
