Feature: Where Are the Shadwell Fire Survivors Supposed to Go?
by Rivkah Brown
Two months after their state-sanctioned slum burned down, killing one of their housemates, six of the Tower Hamlets fire survivors remain homeless. Rivkah Brown reports.
Tag: local government
Opinion: Neoliberal Politicians Are Destroying Glasgow
by Jonathon Shafi
Privatisation-loving council leader Susan Aitken once partnered with McDonald's to organise volunteer-run clean-ups as she slashed refuse collection budgets. Now she's charging locals £50 to have their garden waste collected. Jonathon Shafi on the crisis unfolding in Glasgow.
Feature: Developer Landlords Are Trying to Take Over Liverpool
by Abi O’Connor
Aided and abetted by local government, developer landlords are bidding to buy up the city.
Live: Local Elections 2022 & Stormont, Starmer Under Investigation, ‘Long-Corbyn’ Nonsense
Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani break down the local elections results across England, Scotland and Wales, as well as the Northern Ireland elections to Stormont.
Opinion: Does It Even Matter How Labour Does in the Local Elections?
by Michael Chessum
As canvassers make their final rounds before polling day, Michael Chessum asks whether trying to get ‘our people’ elected to local government is really a good use of our time.
Opinion: Mayors Are Blairite Nonsense and We Don’t Need Them
by Owen Hatherley
The left should not be campaigning for better mayors - we should be arguing for no mayors at all.
Novara FM: After Storming Heaven
James Butler is joined by Laura Forster to trace the many red threads of the Paris Commune, which began 150 years ago this week.
Opinion: Does Labour Have a Future in Scotland?
by Rory Maclean
In the 2019 general election, Labour won just over 18% of the vote in Scotland - its lowest vote-share since its formation as a party. Ahead of its upcoming leadership election, Rory Maclean takes a look at what Scottish Labour must do to make sure it survives.
Novara FM: Red Flag, South Bank
Owen Hatherley joins James Butler to argue that it's time to reclaim the Red Metropolis.
Last Week’s Local Elections Show a Labour Government Is More Likely Than Ever
by Aaron Bastani
The media might frame Labour's local election performance as underwhelming, but it ignores the significance of its gains in marginal seats. Between the Tories' self-destruction and the Liberal Democrats' inability to regain their former glory, things bode well for a Corbyn government, argues Aaron Bastani.
Barnsley’s Electoral Upsets Should Be a Wake-Up Call to Ancient Labour Councils
by Craig Gent
Labour faced significant losses in Barnsley yesterday, a town that ordinarily epitomises the 'Labour heartland' vote. Unfortunately for today's more convenient narratives, Brexit doesn't explain away the dearth of ideas and enthusiasm afflicting local government.
How Can We Make Labour Councils Fight Austerity? The View From Bristol
by Joe Hayns
Bristol's mayor, Marvin Rees, has boxed clever on the anti-austerity surge within Labour. Yet the question of how to turn local government into a vehicle to stop cuts - and whether doing so is possible with the Tories in Whitehall - has divided the left.
How Local Authority Debt is Draining Millions from Public Funds
by Debt Resistance UK
Inspired by similar campaigns in Spain, Greece and the global south, Debt Resistance UK has delved into the finances of local government to show how the financial system is siphoning public money into private pockets.