local government Articles

Too often policymakers overlook the potentially transformative potential of the United Kingdom's 10,000+ parish and town councils, writes James Derounian in response to an RSA report on localism There I was, minding my own business at a Regional Studies Association...

The Labour party has long been seen as a broad church political movement attracting and absorbing political ideologies from across the left with the unified belief that only Labour could deliver the social change needed to build a fairer and more equal society. This...

23 and under, what an age group to be in. Things have not been looking great for us for a while, have they? Educational Maintenance Allowance scrapped, university fees tripled and a struggling further education sector in a number of regions. Not only that, but the...

In 2003–4 I was elected as the secretary of Newcastle local government committee. It was a profoundly depressing experience; I rapidly found that the meetings were cumbersome, bureaucratic and detached from the reality of campaigning on the ground for Labour. Month...