Comment ‘Workers’ pay relies on business success – Labour must be comfortable with it’ “It’s not 1997 anymore,” was a phrase regularly heard by those of us who have spent much of… Adrian McMenamin 2nd March, 2024, 8:00 am
Comment Budget 2024: ‘If the Tories freeze defence cash, Labour can step up on security’ It is fair to say that few incoming Labour Prime Ministers have inherited more challenges in delivering what… Mike Clancy 28th February, 2024, 9:28 am
Comment ‘Starmer’s right on wealth creation, but Thatcher fuelled elite wealth extraction’ Last week, Keir Starmer praised Margaret Thatcher for seeking to boost entrepreneurialism. This week, he added that wealth… Stewart Lansley 8th December, 2023, 7:00 am
Comment Starmer’s full economy speech: “Labour will offer a new deal for the public” Thank you, Torsten. It’s a privilege to speak at an event like this, dedicated to the biggest question… Keir Starmer 4th December, 2023, 4:21 pm
Columnist ‘Labour’s public service reform plans lack clarity – and risk derailment as a result’ The crisis in public services is visible to every British citizen. Waiting lists, crumbling buildings, exhausted staff. All… Ben Glover 2nd December, 2023, 9:00 am
Comment Autumn Statement 2023: The three spending traps now awaiting Labour The economics of this Autumn Statement do not add up. The Chancellor has all but undone a year’s… Charlotte Alldritt 23rd November, 2023, 10:19 am
Columnist Autumn statement 2023 unpacked: Where key policies leave Labour now Jeremy Hunt has set out a raft of new measures in his autumn statement today, in a bid… Andrew Harrop, Eden Kulig, Cat Hobbs, Ben Glover, Aveek Bhattacharya & Mathew Lawrence 22nd November, 2023, 4:39 pm
Columnist ‘Reeves needs a BoE independence-style moment like Brown. Here’s one big idea’ If Labour wins the next election, the challenge it will face is clear. It must deliver a “decade… Ben Glover 4th November, 2023, 8:00 am
News Starmer warned Labour “kidding itself” over spending without tax hikes Labour has been accused of “kidding itself” about the cost of its plans for a “decade of national… Katie Neame 1st November, 2023, 9:37 am
Columnist ‘Labour’s pre-election nerves must not prevent vital short-term spending’ It is a summer of discontent. For more than a decade, things in Britain have been going downhill… Andrew Harrop 20th July, 2023, 8:00 am