East of England Articles

How great a pointer to the next general election is provided by midterm council election results? Not much. Only about 30 per cent of voters take part and many are those who follow local matters and are prepared to vote on local issues and for hard-working local...

Last weekend was a big one for Labour in Norwich: Labour Students – from as far afield as Dundee University – were flocking in to help Labour’s candidate for Norwich North: Jess Asato, a former Labour Student, in her bid to win the first of the Frontline 40 seats in...

Labour’s local election campaign has got off to an excellent start with the news that we are fielding the most candidates of any of the parties. Increasing the number of wards contested was set as a key performance indicator by the NEC in the run-up to the May 2011...