This article is part of a series exploring the local and mayoral elections. Articles from the editors, as ever, reflect the editors’ personal views and not necessarily those of Backbench. Readers are invited to share their thoughts on the elections…

Hartlepool fits the bill for the much clichéd image of the ‘Red Wall’ constituency: northern, coastal, deindustrialised and the tenth most deprived local authority area in England as of 2019. After the resignation of the Labour MP elected in 2019, May’s…

This article is part of a series from Backbench’s editorial team which examines this year’s Black History Month from the angle of ‘Making History’. The opinions expressed in these pieces are those of the editors themselves, and do not necessarily…