devolution Articles

There are two answers to the question we posed at the Progress meeting at Labour North West conference. How you answer it defines how you are going to act politically. The first is a short answer. No. We have got a Tory government, Britain cannot be fairer. If we get...

One of the key debates in democratic government over recent decades has been the restoration of the profile given to cities. If not quite on a par with the city states of renaissance Italy, cities are nevertheless clearly recognised for their role in the new global...

Why do Labour councils not pass illegal budgets? Because it would be irresponsible, unsustainable, and damaging to communities – and their electorates would not stand for it. But it would also mean a Whitehall takeover of local services – services that Labour parties...

By the time you read this the leadership election will be over. On a grey cold day in September, as the calendar ticks to 13, Jeremy Corbyn slipped through the door of Victory Mansions. And yet, this is not a piece about Corbyn. This is a piece about how opposition...