Labour councillors reach the places others can’t Reflecting on Leeds’ local election results this May, which saw wards...
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Social justice through work
Substantial devolution will help local Labour create jobs As we pick up the pieces of the Brexit vote, it is clear...
Beyond crisis
Local Labour’s imagination and tenacity on housing must continue, writes Steve Bullock It is now a given that London...
Women to govern
We need more women leaders —The Fawcett Society, together with the Local Government Information Unit, has launched...
Labour values put food on the table
In politics one can never really separate the execution of a task from the value base which drove you to bring that...
Learning lessons: What can local government teach the Labour party?
Labour in local government is delivering real change to working people’s lives up and down the country. But before...
What can local government teach the Labour party?
I was thinking about what I could contribute to the debate this morning in the context of ‘What can local government...
Netflix town halls
Are our towns and communities ready for the digital revolution? —I am definitely more Uber than black cab. More...
Elephant in the room
Local politics shows you cannot dodge real needs —Now this may sound obvious, but the power of local government lies...
Head for business
Local government is entering a new world —The Tories have been fundamentally changing the roles and powers of local...
Graft and guile
Councillors must be heard inside Labour —Britain is changing. In some places in a great whoosh of social and economic...
The future of devolution
A Labour government should take on the vested interests hindering devolution, writes Richard Leese Writing shortly...