Corby Articles

‘Say no to pessimism’ – what UK Labour can learn from its local counterparts Almost a year on from the general election, many of the images of that night will be fading from the minds of Labour activists as we turn to face the future. This is largely a good thing – to...

It is not true to say that Westminster has all the big ideas and local government gets on with the small things – it’s the other way round at the moment, leader of Corby borough council Tom Beattie tells chair of Progress Alison McGovern as she tours the country...

A recent briefing paper from the Industrial Communities Alliance, an umbrella organisation of local authorities largely from former steel and coal mining communities, starkly states, ‘The UK steel industry is in a life and death struggle’. Corby borough council is a...

Research on how the Conservatives can win a majority is as revealing about Labour as it is the Tories, writes Tim Bale MOST of us believe – not unreasonably – that effective financing and extensive opinion polling are crucial in helping parties win elections. It is...