Tag: local government
Building the Labour vote in hard-to-win areas: why we need more Labour councillors
A commitment to PR coupled with a revived activist base in local government would help convince voters they can make a difference, says Karen Constantine
Battered and vital
Ralph Berry on how the Covid pandemic has revealed the value of local partnerships
Rebuilding for biodiversity
In Buxton, Mark Cocker spoke to local councillors Madeline Hall, Rachael Quinn and Keith Savage about how we rethink the future of brownfield redevelopment
Bristol One City
Can local leadership advance post Covid-19 social justice? Marvin Rees and Robin Hambleton draw lessons from the experiences of local people delivering the Bristol One City Approach
On yer bike!
Puru Miah looks at low traffic neighbourhoods, questions bike-induced road closures and sees a new "tale of two cities" in London
For a progressive English regionalism
Paul Salveson makes the case for a complete overhaul of UK government structures to rebalance power and decision-making currently dominated by London and the South
The great Covid-19 swindle
Tom Miller says austerity continues for councils
Power to the people?
Duncan Bowie asks what power and what people in a discussion of devolution, spatial equity and socialism
Local government on the brink
Duncan Bowie explains how eight years of an austerity straitjacket has pushed many councils to the verge of collapse. But does Labour have an...
Local change-makers
Bob Littlewood on prospects for Labour councils in the face of continuing austerity
Haringey – the first ‘Corbyn Council’?
As campaigning mounts for local council elections in May, Pete Chalk reflects on prospects for Haringey’s incoming Labour councillors