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SHADOW chancellor John McDonnell announced the formation of a new team of experts yesterday to help councils bring services back in house and develop local economies.
Labour’s new “community wealth building unit” will bring together councillors, unions, think tanks and independent experts with experience of delivering frontline change, building on groundbreaking work by Preston council, Mr McDonnell explained.
The Preston project has reportedly returned almost £200 million to the local economy and supported more than 1,600 jobs by using local government contracts to keep money at home and develop worker-owned co-ops.
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
If we can tackle the big issues, like delivering decent public services and affordable state-built and owned housing by making the richest pay a fair amount of tax, Labour can win back the trust and support of the electorate, argues ANDY McDONALD MP
In the run-up to the Communist Party congress in November ROB GRIFFITHS outlines a few ideas regarding its participation in the elections of May 2026