communities and local government Articles

Housing was a mixed bag for the Labour government. Fewer policies make me prouder than the Decent Homes Programme, but we never built enough new homes where demand was highest and, too often, we sounded technocratic. We talked about houses not homes, and reeled off...

At a time when politics is shifting, now is the moment for us to show how Labour’s values are the centre ground of British life and can offer a way forward. That’s what we discussed last Thursday in Sunderland at the first of a series of Progress events that will be...

Referendums this May provide the opportunity to transform England’s biggest cities. Anna Turley on the debate over elected mayors The idea of elected mayors for English cities has been a flame that has spluttered and flickered but never quite ignited. This May could...

Thank you. First, please take it as read that I believe the Labour government achieved fabulous things, so I don’t need to list them for you. Also, I won’t talk at length about my chapter in the Purple Book – save to say, it’s good. Buy it. What I do want to say are a...