Wirral council leader Phil Davies has been in and around controversy in the Merseyside borough recently. A council employee close to Davies was revealed as the ‘author’ of a resignation […]
Ealing council leader Julian Bell has long faced unrest from many of his councillors, narrowly defeating a leadership challenge in May over his housing arrangements. Arrangements for the selection of […]
Labour has responded to Theresa May’s conference claim that she is going to bring an end to austerity, with a withering retort from straight-talking MP and party chair Ian Lavery. […]
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and activists on Merseyside have been celebrating victory in their campaign to prevent the acceleration of a plan to make drastic cuts to fire cover […]
The SKWAWKBOX has covered at considerable length the battle in the London borough of Enfield between a broad coalition of Labour members and officials from all wings of the party […]
Right-wing Labour figures in the West Midlands borough of Sandwell – the heartland of the Labour right – have been under increasing pressure in recent months. One key figure after […]
Labour took a seat in the epitome of a Tory heartland on Thursday evening, in a council by-election win that was treated as a ‘shock’ by election pundits – but […]
The city of Southampton is divided into two constituencies – Test and Itchen – but governed by a single Labour body, Southampton Labour. Only one of the constituencies, Southampton Test, […]
Tom Harris is a former Labour MP who now writes for the Tory Daily Telegraph, having replaced hapless Tory Dan Hodges when Hodges moved to the Daily Mail – and an ardent […]
Sandwell Council (SBC) leader Steve Eling was at the centre of controversy when, after being the subject of an attack by a Tory MP, he told local press in the […]