Lambeth launches the cooperative council
Councillor Steve Reid outlines how Lambeth Council plans to become Britain’s first cooperative council.
Labour
Hundred days to Holyrood – SNP and Labour launch their campaigns
With less than 100 days to go till voters across Scotland go to the polls to elect a new Scottish Parliament, the SNP and Labou have kicked off their campaigns.
Labour activists relaunch ‘Third Place First’ initiative
Chris Tarquini discusses the launch of the Labour ‘Third Place First’ initiative.
Many positives for Labour and Miliband from Oldham win
Phil Riley looks at the successful Labour strategy in the Oldham by-election, which the party won by more than 3,500 votes.
36 hours in Old & Sad
Dave Roberts discusses the experience of campaigning in the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election, which Labour won by 3,558 votes from the Liberal Democrats.
Three Conservative lessons for progressives
Ahead of discussions about progressive renewal at tomorrow’s Fabian conference, Daniel Elton on the lessons for the Left from Conservatives after their defeat.
League tables show Gove’s lack of ambition on underperforming schools
A closer look at the school league tables reveals the govt. is being insufficiently ambitious about turning round under-performing schools, writes Rick Muir.
Labour needs to take a look in the mirror on civil liberties
Follwing Nick Clegg’s speech on control orders earlier today, Councillor Mike Harris discusses how Labour got it so wrong on civil liberties.
Elections galore in a big year for Wales
Owen Smith, Labour MP for Pontypridd, outlines the major challenges facing Wales in 2011, with two referendums and the Assembly elections in the months ahead.
Labour offers “open door” to disaffected Lib Dems
On the day the Indy’s poll of polls put the Liberal Democrats on just 11 per cent, Welsh Labour welcomed its first defection by a Lib Dem councillor since May.