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This article was originally published on LabourList on 11 February 2016. You can view it here. — The Communities Secretary Greg Clark says he has protected funding for councils over the [...]

This article was originally published on the New Statesman on 6 October. You can find the full article here. — George Osborne’s set pieces have not been kind to local government. Since [...]

This article, featuring research by Steve Reed, was originally published by the Independent. You can read the full story here. — Tory cuts mean that the poorest local councils face cuts 18 [...]

This article, featuring research by Steve Reed, was originally published by the Daily Mirror. You can read the full story here. — Heartless Tory councils have shut down half their youth [...]

This article was originally published on LabourList on 14 July and can be found here. Last week’s Budget was a real opportunity to deliver devolution to every part of England, but the Chancellor [...]

This article was originally published on LabourList on 4 June 2015 and can be found here. — The Tories have set the tone for the economy over the next five years with a Queen’s Speech that [...]

This article was originally published onLabour List on 12th May 2015 and can be found here.    The scale of Labour’s defeat last Thursday was catastrophic. In 2010 we suffered our [...]