Whatever the result on June 8, simply growing the membership is not the answer
I recall in the weeks and months that followed defeat in 2010, Harriet Harman, the Labour party’s interim…
Sion Simon
Labour should have done better in the local elections – reader survey results
Nearly eight in ten LabourList readers say that Labour should have performed better in the local elections. Some 77…
Weekly survey: Local elections, Portillo moments and hospital parking charges
With shadow ministers describing Labour’s performance in last week’s council votes – where we lost the Tees Valley…
Sion Simon blames voter doubts over Labour “values” after West Mids defeat
The Tories have scored a surprise victory over Labour’s Sion Simon in the West Midlands metro mayor contest.…
Tories claim shock victory on second preferences in Tees Valley
Labour has narrowly lost the metro mayor contest in the Tees Valley. Tory candidate Ben Houchen pulled off…
Voting in Unite contest enters final week as tensions rise between candidates
Voting closes in seven days’ time in the race to be Unite’s next general secretary. Len McCluskey, the…
McCluskey accuses Labour MPs of “dark arts” and says Unite election has become a “proxy war against Corbyn”
Len McCluskey has accused a small group of centre-left Labour MPs of engaging in the “dark arts” in…
Luke Akehurst: What would a good series of local election results look like?
In the run up to every set of May elections when there isn’t a general election I write…
Siôn Simon: As mayor I would cap tram and bus fares for a year
Bus fares will be capped for a year if I’m mayor, Labour’s Siôn Simon will announce today. Simon…
Siôn Simon: Mayors can take a stand against tycoons dodging the Living Wage
In under ten weeks, Labour can be back in government in the West Midlands, in Greater Manchester and…
