Local elections haven’t been postponed, they’ve been cancelled. Here’s why this matters.
Councillors on lame-duck authorities will end up with six- or even seven-year terms. Meanwhile the people they serve will get no say on their performance
Opinion
The Renters’ Rights Bill: Challenging the backlash from landlords
‘I certainly won’t shed a tear if the scales of England’s housing system […] start to tip back towards the one in five of us who rent our home.’
It’s the rich tax dodgers who are the real traitors
Despite their constant propaganda about benefit scroungers and lazy Gen Z/Millennial workers, the wealthiest individuals earn the bulk of their income from capital rather than wages
Syria: What should the UK do now?
If politicians want to see a stable and secure Syria, they should use the UK’s levers and influence to give Syrians the best chance of building it.
Labour must not let the polls spook it into chasing Reform rightwards
If Labour try to act like a slightly nicer version of Reform, it’s not going to win over the 90% of Reform’s voters who would vote Reform anyway
Labour’s next challenge: delivering warm, climate resilient, and decent homes
To ensure warm, climate resilient and decent homes for all, Labour must start by setting out the funding necessary to deliver the warm homes pledge
What Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Nigel Farage mean for the Labour government
‘The time for collusion, good chap politics and meekness is over’
Labour hasn’t delivered growth or happiness. It needs an economic reset.
Successive governments have tailored economic and tax policies to impoverish the masses
Democratic backsliding in Georgia should be a warning to the UK
Georgia is one of the starkest examples of how foreign interference can destabilise democracy, but democracy in the UK is not immune from this risk.
How parliamentary petitions show our democracy is alive and well
‘We should be proud to live in a country where our electorate can express discontent and our politicians listen.’
