Labour for the North: How Labour can rebuild the ‘Red Wall’ across the North
In the summer of 2019 Justin Madders, Peter Dowd and I formed the Labour for the North group…
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Government has been treating local leaders with “contempt”, says Starmer
Keir Starmer has declared that the government has been “treating local communities, particularly in the Midlands, North West…
WATCH: “Where’s the consistency?” Labour slams government Covid approach
Jim McMahon has criticised the government for a lack of consistency in its approach to the Covid pandemic…
The North needs devolution to solve the Tories rail failings – Yorkshire and Humber MPs open letter to Grayling
Andy McDonald, Labour’s shadow transport secretary, has today, along with Yorkshire and the Humber MPs, written to the…
Action not words – we need a genuine industrial strategy
In the last month we’ve seen the emergence of a new political consensus, or at least a new…
Cooper: Labour risks fresh slump in core vote unless it responds to harsher world of work
Changes in the workplace and the world of big business means Labour is at risk of losing its…
Corbyn: Owen Smith is copying my industrial policies
Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership campaign has accused rival Owen Smith of lifting policies from the Labour leader. Corbyn campaigners…
Why we joined the tens of thousands marching in Manchester
By Cllr Jim McMahon and Cllr Kieran Quinn If you believe the hype, Greater Manchester’s aspiration and politics…
The North punches below its full weight – but Corbyn won’t neglect it
A recent report indicated that of the ten poorest regions in the whole of northern Europe, nine are…
Misplaced fears of a two-tier North
The ‘future of the North’ has risen to the top of the political agenda in 2014, with each…
