Labour roundup: Keir’s anti-HS2 tweets, council coalition collapses, and conference awaits
Help us help you at conference Labour conference is just around the corner, and the LabourList team are…
Local government
‘To succeed, Labour’s devolution agenda must be seen as a constitutional project’
Keir Starmer has committed a future Labour government to undertaking a “huge shift of power and control out…
Roundup: Unions’ New Deal nerves, Labour’s e-recruits, municipal socialism
Good morning on a busy old day in Labourland, where for a change we’ll start with all things…
‘Labour must not throw the net-zero baby out with the ULEZ bathwater’
Whilst the dust settles on the by-election results in Selby and Ainsty, Somerton and Frome and Uxbridge and…
Giant Labour poll leads, calls for price controls, more walkouts – a new normal?
Good morning. Some two-thirds of voters back price controls on essential goods, while 40 per cent oppose the…
‘The Tories’ anti-boycott bill tried to make Labour squirm – but it backfired’
In the middle of a housing crisis, and with many local authorities facing extreme financial difficulty, you might…
‘Labour will need a cross-government plan to tackle youth homelessness’
According to Centrepoint’s latest estimates, 129,000 young people approached their council for help to avoid becoming homeless last…
Labour could oust council chief as NEC slams “dysfunctional” Birmingham
The Labour party is forcing the leader of Birmingham City Council to reapply for his job after a…
To new Labour councillors, here’s what I wished I’d known when first elected
Behind the stats about what the local election results mean for Labour nationally is the reality this week…
Councils are more than a litmus test for Westminster. But they need new powers
With just over a year to go until a general election, commentators will be looking to make political…
