How every Labour council can take on payday lenders
Last month Plymouth City Council did something that each and every Labour controlled Council up and down the…
Local government
Why spinning the same old record isn’t music to cyclists’ ears
Cycling is an issue where we can do right by doing well. Yesterday the Prime Minister seemed to…
Our mission to drive up private rented housing standards
No-one should live in a home that is damp or mouldy. Nor should anyone be forced out of…
Labour Preston and a post-Capitalist world
When the city of Preston is mentioned people usually think of our favourite sons Nick Park, Tom Finney…
Beware the crocodile
Remember the crocodile in Peter Pan? Just when you thought it was safe – ‘tick tock’ came the…
Thank you Ed for putting housing centre stage, but let’s go further
Out on the doorstep I hear it all the time: “I’d hate to be starting out now”. Wages…
Let councils build
For local councils, this week’s spending review brought a further 10% cut to their budgets. The news was…
Labour values in practice up and down the country
Over three years into this Tory-led Government, the financial cuts to and political attacks on, local government are…
Giving communities a future: why Labour needs to learn to let go
After the Tory-led government’s attempts to define localism as being whatever Mr Pickles says it is, you might…
Why our communities are paying the price for George Osborne’s failure
Communities discovered this week that once again their local council – and the services it provides – are…
