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Steve Reed

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Steve Reed is the Labour MP for Croydon North and has been the shadow communities and local government secretary since April 2020

April 2024

  • Sewage on the River Thames in Berkshire.

    double quotation markBritain’s natural landscape is in ruins – thanks to the Tories. Here’s how Labour will restore it

    Steve Reed
    Sewage pollutes our waterways, species face extinction. We must act fast to halt the decline – and we will, writes the shadow environment secretary, Steve Reed

June 2023

  • Uxbridge tube station. Photograph by Maureen McLean/Shutterstock

    Politics Weekly UK
    Uxbridge, Johnson and the end of the Tory dream – Politics Weekly UK

    Politics Weekly UK is on the byelection trail again, this time in Boris Johnson’s old seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip
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April 2016

  • Housing on the Lower Falinge estate, named most deprived area in England, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK<br>D3X681 Housing on the Lower Falinge estate, named most deprived area in England, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK

    Public manager
    double quotation markIt’s time to loosen central control and let communities take charge

    Steve Reed
    You can’t devolve powers to local people if they don’t know anything about it. The Tories need to come clean on what powers are on offer and how they will pay for them

February 2014

  • Housing estate

    double quotation markAs a new MP I've learned politicians aren't trusted. I want to change that

    Steve Reed
    Steve Reed: Politics will work better if people have more control over their lives – and giving power back is the only way to rebuild trust

September 2013

  • Ed Miliband one nation

    One Nation
    double quotation markOne-nation politics means winning power to give it away

    Steve Reed

    Steve Reed: One Nation: The action my council took to tackle gang crime was to share power with the communities that were most affected

July 2013

  • West coast mainline

    The vast public procurement budget can be spent much more efficiently

    The crown commercial service is an important step towards improving procurement, but more can still be done, says Steve Reed

January 2013

  • Labour leader Ed Miliband

    Social enterprise blog
    double quotation markLabour sparks co-operative revolution within local government

    Steve Reed

    Miliband's 'one nation' is already being created within the testbed of Britain's co-operative councils, says Steve Reed MP

July 2012

  • Schoolchildren playing during school break

    How to... turn around a failing service

    Lambeth's children's services team was failing but now has outstanding ratings. Council leader Steve Reed explains how they did it

June 2011

  • Lambeth: new council model could offer fairer service to tenants, says Cllr Steve Reed.

    double quotation markCIH 2011: Local government must change to survive

    Steve Reed

    Lambeth's co-operative council model is about putting resources in the hands of local communities, says Steve Reed

May 2010

  • The community-run sports centre at the former Lillian Bayliss school in Lambeth, south London

    double quotation markLambeth: a council of co-operation

    Steve Reed
    Steve Reed: Lambeth's alternative to David Cameron's Big Society is reshaping the bond between citizens, communities and the state
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