Labour government news

Recognising the challenges facing local authorities, the Labour government has announced plans to tackle local government funding challenges. In the Autumn Budget an additional £4 ... More

Over 100 experts in health and wellbeing gathered in central London yesterday (Friday 8 September) at the invitation of Kim Leadbeater MP, to discuss how ... More

The Labour Party has accused the Conservatives of slashing grassroots sport funding by nearly half since coming to power – and in the process dismantling ... More

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to introduce measures which would allow football fans to hire and fire their club's directors – if his party ... More

A Labour Government of the future would put wellbeing at the heart of all future policy decisions, as well as place a duty on health ... More

Sporting Future, the first piece of major sports policy in over a decade, will be “examined” by the Labour Party if it gets into power ... More

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham believes the coalition has failed to tackle Britain’s inactivity epidemic and has pledged that physical activity would be available on ... More

Most parents believe the government has not capitalised on an Olympics and Paralympics legacy of increasing sport in schools and communities, a poll has found. ... More

Led by the Arts Council of England, leaders of some of the UK's most prominent cultural institutions have appealed directly to PM David Cameron not ... More

Just two years ago, at the General Election, there was for the first time in living memory a Manifesto commitment to major change in British ... More