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Andy Burnham has led condemnation from the leaders of some of the biggest cities in the north over the Tories' decision to cancel funding for rail electrification while issuing backing for London's Crossrail 2. The Greater Manchester mayor…
Britain's biggest trade union will today mount a major push for Labour votes across some of the biggest cities in the north as it unveils a poster campaign to highlight the Tories' shameful neglect of British industry. Unite will warn that…
Labour has held two council seats including one in the north east heartland borough where it suffered a shock defeat last year. Jeremy Corbyn's party retained wards in Enfield in by-elections in London and in Stockton. It was in the latter…
Labour officials have turned to local government and the trade unions again as they appointed two candidates to defend seats in north-east cities which backed Brexit. Tracy Harvey, a councillor, won the selection for Middlesbrough South and…
With parliament in recess, MPs have headed to the crunch by-elections in Stoke and Copeland in their droves, and UKIP's candidate and leader Paul Nuttall has not been seen campaigning for three days. Nuttall reportedly missed a hustings in…
Labour won a majority at the general election in four of the six city regions which will choose a metro mayor, according to new research, which lays out the challenges facing the major contenders before the May elections. The party was…
“So what? What difference will it make?” Goes the oft-repeated response to the issue of devolution. And I have to say I understand the sentiments. The particular difficulty for me is that I’m hoping to be the person responsible for how…
John McDonnell has returned to the street in which he grew up in the 1950s. The road in Liverpool's inner city was at that point part of one of the poorest areas in the country, the shadow chancellor explains. The video was released to…
In the last month we've seen the emergence of a new political consensus, or at least a new shared language. Across the party spectrum, the idea of a genuine industrial strategy is back in vogue. From Theresa May to Owen Smith and Jeremy…
Seven years ago, roughly, I was on the phone to my friend Jenny. My predecessor had announced his retirement and I was arguing that I should stand to be selected in Wirral South. She was finding reasons why I shouldn’t, being the ultimate…
Back in the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher’s government came close to writing off Merseyside. There was a serious conversation about leaving our city and its neighbours to ‘managed decline’ and the tender mercies of her economic shock therapy. As…
Andy Burnham is considering seeking the Labour nomination for the contest to be Manchester mayor, it emerged last night. The new post will be part of George Osborne's "devolution revolution" settlement with Greater Manchester, which will…
