Comment The single market is the best antidote to the toxic cocktail of Brexit and the Tories As a Labour councillor in the frontline of the battle against Brexit and Tory rightwingery, I knew when… Adam Harrison 22nd January, 2018, 7:00 am
Comment The cruelty of universal credit represents how the Tories betrayed the north The Tory government has failed the north of England on transport links, policing, health, industrial innovation and the… Nazia Rehman 15th December, 2017, 3:36 pm
Comment John McDonnell: Chancellor must reverse £5bn bank giveaway to fund help for kids This is the letter sent by John McDonnell to all council leaders today in the run-up to Labour’s… John McDonnell 8th December, 2017, 9:30 am
Comment Richard Burgon: Conservative cuts agenda continues to create chaos in our prisons Our prisons are increasingly in the news, but sadly it is too often for all the wrong reasons.… Richard Burgon 17th November, 2017, 4:30 pm
Comment We are ready for a devolution deal – but Tories won’t listen, writes council leader A potential devolution deal for Yorkshire has been gathering pace since 17 out of 20 local authorities formed… Judith Blake 20th October, 2017, 9:00 am
Comment Naushabah Khan: Rise in rough sleeping underlines human cost of austerity A damming report published this week by the National Audit Office (NAO), the public spending watchdog, showed a… Naushabah Khan 14th September, 2017, 8:21 am
Comment PMQs verdict: Police pay fiasco powers Corbyn to victory in marathon session Theresa May has nothing left to offer apart from delivering Brexit. Jeremy Corbyn eyes a brighter future in… Peter Edwards 13th September, 2017, 2:59 pm
News Labour can kill off austerity, Corbyn set to tell voters on tour of marginals Jeremy Corbyn will tell voters that Britain can “ditch austerity” when he travels to Scotland for a week… Peter Edwards 21st August, 2017, 8:36 am
Comment If May moves away from austerity then it is because of Corbyn’s message of hope Fighting for her political life, Theresa May reportedly told her shrunken band of MPs that “austerity is over”. Deep… Lucy Rigby 14th June, 2017, 7:00 am
Comment Bean over Britain: Corbynista Cat Smith on defending a marginal, Brexit and how austerity is hitting the north Cat Smith has probably the hardest task of any of the early backers of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership as… Emma Bean 7th June, 2017, 7:00 am