Tony Lloyd confirms he wants to be Labour’s candidate for Manchester mayor
Greater Manchester police and crime commissioner Tony Lloyd has ended weeks of speculation and confirmed he wants to…
Manchester
Ivan Lewis considering run for Devo Manc Mayor
Bury South MP Ivan Lewis has revealed that he is considering standing to be the Labour candidate in…
A new kind of politics in action
I was first elected as a Councillor in 2010. Since then Manchester City Council has lost nearly half…
Peter Mandelson standing in Manchester: Labour peer in running for top job
Former Labour Cabinet minister Peter Mandelson has confirmed that he has put his name forward to be the…
A message from the North – we can’t afford another 5 years of a Tory Government
Today we saw George Osborne and the Tory-led Government show their last hand before the coming general election.…
Why Labour should welcome health devolution to Manchester
This week’s surprise announcement from George Osborne that £6 billion of health and care spending would be devolved to…
Devolving NHS budget to Greater Manchester will create a “two-tier health service”, says Burnham
Andy Burnham, Shadow Health Secretary and the MP for Leigh, has criticised devolution plans that will see Greater…
If Miliband wants to win “the big argument” he’ll need to enthuse electorate and activists alike
This morning Ed Miliband will speak at a rally in Manchester on what he says is “day one…
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…
Labour Conference 2014: Liveblog
16.00: The Red Flag, Jerusalem and now – for LabourList at least – time to go home. It…
