Why Labour is the party of work
Today I’m setting out how reforms to earn our way out of the cost-of-living crisis and social security…
Rachel Reeves
60,000 households with carers are being hit by the Bedroom Tax
Today’s reports of an astonishing 60,000 households with carers being hit by the Bedroom Tax are another damaging…
Think all politicians all the same? Watch the food banks debate and think again
Anyone who says politicians are all the same would be well advised to watch yesterday’s opposition day debate…
Labour will make getting people into work a priority
When Iain Duncan Smith hopped on the Eurostar to Paris last week to avoid Labour’s debate on abolishing…
The government is guilty of disproportionate economic vandalism in the North
Monday’s announcement on High Speed Rail is good news for the North. Fast, frequent trains will be an…
This is the politics of a government that divides
George Osborne’s decision to cut the top rate of tax for the richest was the moment this government’s…
Today is an anniversary George Osborne won’t want to celebrate
After yesterday’s ‘great train snobbery’ George Osborne is this morning waking up to an anniversary that nobody will…
The real cost of regional public sector pay
Yesterday my Shadow Cabinet Colleague, the Shadow Secretary of State for Government Margaret Curran, and I led a…
Asbestos claimants are not part of “compensation culture”
MPs are voting today on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. The Bill makes sweeping…
It’s not too late for the Chancellor to change course
Last night my Shadow Treasury team colleague Cathy Jamieson MP and I led a debate in the House…
