London Councils Articles

I was thinking about what I could contribute to the debate this morning in the context of ‘What can local government teach the Labour party?’ and I thought I would take us back to 2006. Ten years ago, at the youthful age of 25, in May 2006, I was a bleary-eyed, newly...

Young people have been hit hard by this government. Educational maintenance allowance has been scrapped as tuition fees have trebled. The Future Jobs Fund has been cancelled as career advice services are slashed. Nearly one million young people are out of work with...

I was pleased to see in Ed Miliband’s speech last week the announcement that Labour would devolve the spending on back-to-work schemes to local councils. This is something London Councils, which represents the capital’s boroughs, has long been arguing for and we will...

The scale of the housing crisis is put into sharp focus this week as the London assembly’s housing and regeneration committee – which I’ll be giving evidence to – continues to hold Boris Johnson to account on his pledge to deliver new affordable homes. The news...