Introduction
This short paper, based on data, examines how the marginal constituencies which will decide the next General Election voted in the 2013 local elections.
The 2013 elections took place for the most part in the least Labour-inclined parts of England. They...
On the day after the 2 May 2013 council elections the BBC posted a lead story on their news website about the previous day’s vote, containing the line: “UKIP is the big story of the night, gaining 139 councillors and...
Andy Burnham’s plan to integrate health and social care is the boldest idea to emerge from Labour’s policy review so far. If he can convince his shadow cabinet colleagues to back it, can he convince the country in 2015? “The...
Labour is slowly moving from mere response mode to feeling out more concrete terrain on what its next state may look like. Some have argued they have taken too long to make this transition but, the publicity (and departmental research...
This is a tough time for communities up and down the country and for our politics. Given what people are going through, and the scale of the challenge we face, many wonder whether politicians have the answers any more. This...
Rachel Reeves has quickly garnered a reputation as a rising star since her election to parliament in 2010. With government cuts hitting women the hardest, Mary Riddell speaks to the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury’s and finds her response...
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