Shaz Nawaz

Paul Bristow at the opening of a local business - The Beeches Independent School at Thorpe Road, Peterborough

Opinion: Being local makes this the best job

Cllr Muhammad Asif (furthest on the right) was elected on 4 May

‘Bigger challenge ahead’ for newly-elected Conservative councillor

Cllr Dennis Jones (left) is Peterborough Labour group's leader while Cllr Amjad Iqbal (right) is his deputy

Peterborough Labour group announces leader

Local election count 2023 at Peterborough Town Hall. Bretton is won by Labour's Richard Strangward

Opinion: It is still time for change

Asim Mahmood (left), Raja Sabeel Ahmed (centre) and Nick Thulbourn (right) are among Peterborough's newest councillors

Meet Peterborough's new councillors

Wayne Fitzgerald has retained his West ward seat

Conservatives still 'very much in charge', council leader says

Labour Group leader Dennis Jones (Dogsthorpe)

Local Elections 2023: And they say a week is a long time…

Peterborough City Council's latest meeting was particularly heated

Inside the council's latest heated meeting

People want change at the local elections in May

Opinion: It's time for change

Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party with Shaz Nawaz during a visit to Peterborough City Centre in 2020.

Opinion: It's time for a changing of the guard

The majestic Peterborough Cathedral

Opinion: Let’s highlight the positives

Cllr Dennis Jones is Peterborough City Council's new Labour group leader

New Labour group leader has reinvented himself 'more times than Madonna'

St George's Hydrotherapy Pool in Dogsthorpe.

New use found for closed hydrotherapy pool building

Is the council 5 per cent better at providing services - such as bin collections, asks Mr Nawaz.

Opinion: City wants 5% more in taxes but nothing is 5% better, writes Shaz Nawaz

Councillor Shaz Nawaz.

Labour Group leader resigns

Actress Sarah Lancashire, in her role as police Sgt Catherine Cawood, in TV drama Happy Valley - it knew when to stop and leave people wanting more..
Photo: BBC

Opinion: Liz Truss doesn't know when to stop - Shaz Nawaz
Peterborough’s Labour Group leader Shaz Nawaz says Liz Truss should take a leaf out of Sarah Lancashire’s book in latest column

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (C), alongside the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, (centre right) at a Cabinet meeting
(Photo by Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Opinion: They make rules which apply to us all

"Enter stage left one of those dummy cheques beloved of charities marking significant donations for the press. One, small snag. The cheque bore the name, not of a charity or other worthy cause, but that of the Conservative party"

Opinion: Why I enjoy making a difference

The change from Truss to Sunak has only turned down the temperature, not changed the prevailing mood

Opinion: A Government crisis of confidence

Doddington Hospital nurses on the picket line last month

Opinion: Strikes are a cry for help from the impossibly pressed

Rishi Sunak - After years of Boris Johnson being all too present in our lives, the Tories perhaps have calculated that being less visible will breed less resentment.
(Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Opinion: New Year - and a fresh start is needed

We are on our third Prime Minister since the year began. That seems astonishing. If this happened in any other country, we would be shaking our heads in disbelief at how chaotic that must be.

Opinion: Things should be better than this

A symbol of this Christmas - an empty wallet

Opinion: An austere Christmas is here

The postal workers taking industrial action last week outside the depot in Werrington

Opinion: They strike because choice is limited

Marcus Rashford of England celebrates after scoring their team's first goal during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group B match between Wales and England at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

Opinion: Heroes on and off the field

Fletton Quays has not yet delivered in terms of decent return-on-investment.

Opinion: Why do we pay more and get less?

Rough sleepers are slipping through the net

Opinion: We need more social rent housing
The Conservative administration which runs our city would like to say it is doing the best it can under difficult circumstances. However, what does it say when it does nothing? (writes Labour Group leader Shaz Nawaz)

Fire at un-occupied houses at Cromwell Road.

Opinion: Empty homes can help housing crisis

Peterborough City Council Labour leader Councillor Shaz Nawaz is calling for action to shelter the city's most 'deprived' households from the impact of soaring inflation.

Fears voiced on impact of inflation on poorest households

Home Secretary Suella Braverman
(Getty Images)

Opinion: What about taking responsibility?

Rishi Sunak (Getty Images)

Opinion: Can PM avoid falling flat as the rest?

Former Chancellor of The Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng
(Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Opinion: The Ringmaster changes, the circus goes on

Leader of Peterborough City Council, Wayne Fitzgerald, launched the new online budget simulator on video (image: NationalWorld/Peterborough City Council)

Peterborough City Council defends online ‘game’ to balance budget

Chancellor of The Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng (Getty Images)

Opinion: There’s a £60 billion hole in the budget

The PM's time is up already, says Shaz Nawaz.

Opinion: A vote of no confidence from me

Peterborough City Councillor Labour leader Shaz Nawaz.

New call for Peterborough City Council to act on cost of living crisis

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's tactics have come under fire

Opinion: This is not the time to gamble

Stagecoach's announcements on cuts has come under fire

Opinion: The limits of privatisation

The new King's address to Westminster Hall.

Opinion: Giving God Save The King meaning

"The idea that we will all essentially pay for our energy consumption now on credit is ludicrous."

Opinion: ‘No project behind this government’

Problems hidden by the warmth of the summer sun will come to the fore when we must switch the heating on and find we can’t afford to do so, writes councillor Nawaz.

Opinion: 'If Truss is PM I hope she makes sensible polices', writes Shaz Nawaz

Raw sewage dumping won't appeal to people who live to visit our beaches, says Shaz Nawaz

Opinion: Protecting our green and pleasant land

People are having to deal with the consequences of the government underfunding of the NHS, says Shaz Nawaz.

Opinion: Providing the necessities of life

Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (R) and former chancellor to the exchequer Rishi Sunak, contenders to become the country's next prime minister. Shaz Nawaz has no faith in them.

Opinion: 'Tories want different results from same policies', writes Shaz Nawaz

Leah Williamson of England lifts the UEFA Women's EURO 2022 Trophy . (Getty Images)

Opinion: 'If Lionesses talent is the same, pay should be too', writes Shaz Nawaz

Andrew Pakes, the Labour candidate for Peterborough

Opinion: Meet the candidate - Andrew Pakes

Leicestershire Fire Service on a call-out today to a grass fire in record temperatures for the county

Opinion: 'Heatwave a message from mother nature', writes Shaz Nawaz

Thousands of families in Peterborough are to receive payments from the Government to help during the cost of living crisis.

Peterborough families to get cash help during cost of living crisis

Boris Johnson is standing down as PM. (Getty Images)

Opinion: First a clown... then a circus

Sand Martin House

Opinion: ‘It’s not what I call an open door’

Green Party councillor Nicola Day, Conservative Party leader Wayne Fitzgerald and Lib Dem leader Christian Hogg (images: David Lowndes)

Peterborough City Council: Parties react to Boris Johnson resignation news

Foodbank volunteers

Opinion: People are starving across our city, says Labour Group leader Shaz Nawa...

The remains of the Bretton oak tree on Tuesday afternoon (June 30).

Calls for inquiry after Bretton oak tree felled

A deserted Peterborough Rail Station

Labour opinion: Strikes are a symptom not a cause, write Shaz Nawaz, Labour grou...

Protesters have been trying to save the tree

Protesters and politicians' anger over decision to fell 600-year-old oak tree