Radical devolution is key to social change
Labour may not be in power in Westminster, but we are growing in strength and numbers in local…
Local government
Local Government can’t be business as usual
After a long period in the dark local government is coming out of the shadows. Recent announcements by…
The current way of funding our cities is broken beyond repair
Things are tough – but do they have to be as tough as this? An increasingly common cry…
Another dodgy Lib Dem leaflet – this time, using five year old data
You’d be pretty annoyed if you thought that your local council was the worst in the region –…
Cruddas points the way to the biggest transformation of government since 1945
In his Hugo Young lecture earlier this week, Ed Miliband set out a vision for a Labour government…
Is Labour really serious about devolving power to local government?
A radical shift to where the power in Britain lies – away from Whitehall and to the people.…
Miliband wants to smash up Whitehall and put YOU in charge of public services
Tonight, Ed Miliband is making a bold step into the world of public services. It’s an area that…
Labour must place empowerment at the centre of Labour’s economic policy
In a heavily trailled speech Jon Cruddas will endorse the broad direction of a new report from the…
Labour must win back power – so we can give it away
Next week Jon Cruddas is giving a keynote speech to the New Local Government Network that should give…
Can electoral reform help Labour reach into the “electoral deserts” of the South?
“What does it mean to the Labour Party to be One Nation?” Ed Miliband asked in 2012. One…
