The levelling up bill threatens local authority control over budgets
Coverage of the reading of the levelling up and regeneration bill earlier this month was broadly dominated by…
Salford
This government is weaponising its own incompetence against Labour councils
Britain’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been atrocious. Our country has almost the highest number of per…
Labour councils and trade unions must work together to fight Tory cuts
In February 2018, it was announced that all five of Salford’s ‘outstanding’ rated nurseries were set to close.…
Britain is a divided nation – let’s bring people together by moving parliament to Manchester, a former council leader writes
The time has come to put down a clear marker amidst the confusion and uncertainty of British politics.…
Rebecca Long-Bailey: There’s no such thing as a safe seat these days
Labour has to make sure their message is cutting through to people, Rebecca Long-Bailey has said, otherwise there’s no such…
Council by-elections: Labour loses Salford seat to the Conservatives
Labour lost a seat in Salford to the government last night, as the Lib Dems and Tories held…
“We have a mountain to climb to win a general election but we will do so as a social movement” – Corbyn speech in Salford
This is the speech given by Jeremy Corbyn on Saturday at the launch of his “public campaign” for…
Corbyn condemns abuse as 40 female MPs demand action over “disgusting” incidents
Jeremy Corbyn will today confront claims of abuse in the Labour Party as he uses a series of…
Becoming a Living Wage City – an ambition worth having
A cleaner met me on the corridor the other day as I was leaving the office and gave…
