The policies are great, but what about the money?
After four years of massive cuts, 2015 is the year when council finances will start to fall off…
Local government
Senior Tory councillors lining up to call for the cuts to stop
A Tory member of Worcestershire County Council’s Cabinet has given a damning indictment of her party’s huge public…
For strong and effective Labour local government we need to take the campaign to Labour’s NEC
Last month I was elected as Labour Leader of the LGA on its highest ever nomination for this…
Will Labour remember the forgotten local government workforce?
Tomorrow local government workers will make up the majority of those taking part in the largest day of strike…
Labour’s big hitters unite behind local government devolution plans
Today Ed Miliband is unveiling the Local Government Innovation Taskforce in Stevenage. It doesn’t sound like an exciting document,…
Getting the devolution revolution right
Whilst it is not the sort of announcement which is going to set the world on fire, Miliband’s…
It’s time Labour councillors got the respect we deserve
Labour’s 7,000 plus councillors are the backbone of the party. We are depended on to knock on doors,…
Devolution should mean giving more power to councils
Whatever the outcome of September’s referendum on Scottish independence, there needs to be a radical change to the…
Miliband endorses Adonis’s plans for massive devolution to regions
Speaking in Leeds tomorrow, Ed Miliband will announce the findings of an extensive review into British business, which…
20 ways to make Britain Better – 6. Getting communities to invest in achieving better social outcomes
Yesterday the IPPR produced their much anticipated Condition of Britain report. There is plenty of meat in it but one…
