Labour for Devolution: We need to rebalance Britain and build a fairer union
With contact tracing and lockdown easing set to repeat the tragic shambles of testing and personal protective equipment…
Metro Mayors
Lynda Waltho: I’m campaigning to be the first woman metro mayor
The future of the West Midlands hangs in the balance. As a region, we are facing a number…
Steve Rotheram: I am taking back control of apprenticeships
We are currently in the middle of National Apprenticeship Week. A time when – for one week each…
Labour must embrace devolution in the age of automation
The upheavals of recent years suggest that making predictions about British politics is increasingly a fool’s errand. But…
The Tory government designed devolution deals to devolve blame for austerity
The introduction of metro mayors formed part of Cameron’s devolution project. The directly elected metro mayors for cities…
Councillor vows to “bury Thatcherism” as he enters race for Sheffield mayor
A trade union lawyer will take on a former minister in the Blair government for the right to…
Marvin Rees: Labour must move beyond the devolution deception
From climate change and migration to inequality and democratic deficits, the political failures we witness today are inseparable…
Mike Amesbury: Devolution can’t just be for the Mersey – Cheshire deserves it too
One of the first parliamentary tasks of any newly elected MP is to deliver a maiden speech –…
The polls say we face meltdown – so here are five ways for Labour to turn things around before June 8
The local elections were less than good for the Labour party – and that is an understatement. Defeats…
Now the poetry is over: how Labour’s metro mayors can govern in prose and begin the job of changing lives
Labour mayors are now in place in both Manchester and Liverpool. The newly elected politicians have an ability to…
