The Local Government Association’s Labour group has appointed Peter Mason as its new leader. Cllr Mason is leader of Ealing LBC, and previously served as as one of the group’s deputy leaders alongside Bella Sankey, leader of Brighton & Hove City Council. He has been a councillor since 2014 and was national secretary of the Jewish Labour movement between 2013 and 2021. Commenting on his election on X, Cllr Mason, said: “Labour in local government deliver day in, day out. “Thank you to colleagues for electing me the Leader of the LGA Labour Group.