Local elections 2025: ‘How do Labour solve a problem like Reform?’
If recent national and local polling is anything to go by, Reform UK are in for a good…
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Runcorn and Helsby by-election: Labour targets Tory voters to keep out Reform
Karen Shore’s campaign are fighting for every vote as the by-election in Runcorn looks set to come down…
‘Record-high child homelessness should be a turning point for Labour’
Newly released government statistics this week confirm a national scandal: more people than ever are trapped in temporary…
‘Tony Blair is wrong on net zero, and wrong on what voters think about it’
The Tony Blair Institute’s latest climate paper, The Climate Paradox, rightly acknowledges a significant truth – the climate…
Ellie Reeves: ‘Local elections will be tough, but the choice is change or chaos with the Tories and Reform’
As the weather begins to brighten up ahead of polling day this Thursday, I want to thank our…
Local elections: Long shadow of Gaza looms over key Lancashire battleground
Local election campaigns are often fought on local issues like bins and potholes, which councils have the power…
MP: ‘Labour seen as party of migrants, minorities, and people on benefits’
Jonathan Hinder has suggested that “too many working-class people see Labour as the party of immigrants, minorities, those…
‘Birmingham’s bin strike underlines why public health matters. Labour should talk more about it’
The Birmingham bin strike proves the rule that public health rarely dominates the headlines for positive reasons. The…
‘Uxbridgitis: If election results are grim, let’s not learn the wrong lessons again’
Labour probably won’t do very well at this week’s local elections. We are on track to lose council…
Runcorn and Helsby: At least 150 Labour MPs visit – but Keir Starmer ain’t one
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has yet to visit Runcorn and Helsby during the by-election campaign, despite some MPs…
