Alex Ross-Shaw Articles

In terms of expectation management there was a clear winner in the 2016 local elections: the Labour party. Faced with predictions of 150 losses in council seats, to come out with fewer than 20 encouraged many of us to breathe a sigh of relief that things could have...

Discussions of May 2016 as the first real test of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour party focus on local council elections but rarely mention another election taking place on the same day: that of the country's police and crime commissioners. Andy Burnham's...

The art of opposition is to credibly oppose the government of the day while positioning yourself as a legitimate government-in-waiting. You need costed, credible policies to motivate activists and signpost the future direction of your government, but not so many as to...

We can put international development into the heart of every classroom, writes Alex Ross-Shaw International development will always be one of the cornerstones of any list of achievements for the last Labour government. The creation of a dedicated department signalled...