Rachel Reeves: Tory tax changes and benefits freeze mean struggling families forced to fund new handout for the rich
The start of the new financial year today is when the rich get richer and the poor get…
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Rachel Reeves: Tories want to cut taxes for big business but growth of the gig economy demands we help the self-employed now
The gig economy and speedy growth of firms like Uber and Deliveroo have contributed to a rise in…
Rachel Reeves: We should look to Harold Wilson and Alice Bacon’s election winning example for answers today
The Labour Party has never been averse to bouts of political soul-searching when we look to the past…
Rachel Reeves: PM and chancellor have betrayed the “jams” but plough on with a £1 billion handout for the wealthy
Philip Hammond has abandoned his boss’s now famous “jams” (just about managing) families in the worst of all…
Rachel Reeves: One thing stands out amid Chancellor’s chaotic cocktail of ideas: it’s time to dump the corporation tax cut
Philip Hammond’s warning of a Brexit “rollercoaster” ride was a clear admission of the uncertainty that Britain now…
Asbestos is a time-bomb in our schools but the Tories have failed to protect our children
Asbestos remains a threat to thousands of children and teachers – even though the lethal risks it poses…
Rachel Reeves: Queen’s Speech showed the typical Tory failure on pensions and infrastructure
Yesterday in Parliament we voted on the Government’s programme of legislation for the year ahead, as set out…
Leave campaigners must stop pretending that TTIP poses a threat to the NHS
After six painful years of chaotic and pernicious Tory health policy, the last thing our National Health Service…
Poor pay the price for Osborne’s failure as “national living wage” is cut
Low pay is a blight on the UK economy, denying millions of hard working Britons the dignity of…
Here’s a Labour plan for the economy I believe we can win with
Great Britain is a country of enormous potential. British workers, innovators and entrepreneurs lead the world – from…
