Local elections 2024: ‘Key council tests for Labour in each region of England’
Last year’s local elections saw plenty of Labour celebrations in areas like Medway, Swindon, Plymouth and Stoke-on-Trent as…
Sheffield
Keir has cracked the media, but can’t shake the ghosts of Corbyn and Brexit
Good morning. Keir Starmer and his team will be feeling pretty happy the morning after his media blitz…
Local governance referendums taking place this year: what, why and where?
Residents in several areas will soon have the chance to decide how their council is run. In local…
Labour must seize the chance to boost equality for disabled party candidates
In January 2019, I started a campaign for disabled Labour candidates to receive the same support as party…
Give us the tools for the job – and watch the Steel City rise
Most people will be familiar with The Full Monty, the film and musical about laid-off Sheffield steel workers, scratching…
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…
Tony Blair’s sports minister enters race for Sheffield mayor as deadline looms
Former sports minister Richard Caborn has entered the race to be Labour’s candidate for mayor of South Yorkshire.…
Updated: Council by-elections: Labour retains heartland seats as UKIP sink
Labour held five seats in council by-elections last night as the slide in the UKIP vote continued. Jeremy…
May’s hard Brexit means the need for Labour localism is greater than ever
It was 15th November 2011 when the Localism Act received royal assent. The act – which former David Cameron…
How we can counter the Tory strategy and ensure Corbyn’s poll lead doesn’t go the same way as Ed Miliband’s advantage
In 2013, Ed Miliband’s Labour Party was riding high in the opinion polls with an 11 per cent…
