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…
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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…
Autumn statement: ‘Hunt pledged jam today and asked Labour to foot the bill’
In any fiscal event, there is a conflict between economics and politics. Today in the autumn statement, the…
Autumn statement 2023: Read Rachel Reeves’ full speech in response
Today, the Chancellor has lifted the lid on thirteen years of economic failure. We were told to expect…
‘The Tories are incompetent failures. And everyone knows it’
No matter how many times you ask the same question in a focus group, something similar comes back.…
‘Labour wooing the City is welcome – but workers need a voice too’
Ahead of the government’s autumn statement it is clear that the Labour Party under the leadership Keir Starmer,…
Autumn statement: ‘Here’s the anti-poverty plan Labour and the Tories need’
A political party that is in such political disarray and so desperate to stay in power as the…
‘Polls show Reeves is right – Labour is winning back trust on the economy’
In a past life as a reporter covering economic policy, I remember covering a Confederation of British Industry…
Siobhain McDonagh: ‘Margaret’s mission is now mine. We must cure gliobastomas’
My sister, Margaret McDonagh, was an extraordinary woman – the youngest and the first ever female General Secretary…
‘Labour should follow the EU’s lead and tighten lobbying rules for MPs’
As Westminster continues to be hit by sleaze allegations, and Labour ponders what rules it should bring in…
