Labour warns of a tough winter as Sunak prepares to deliver the Budget
Rishi Sunak will deliver the Budget today. He will paint a sunny picture of the country entering an…
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Six things to look out for in Wednesday’s Budget and spending review
Wednesday is the government’s chance to rise to the scale of the challenges that face our country. With…
We must help Reeves to establish Labour as the party of economic competence
The recently published Renaissance report offers some inconvenient truths for our movement, none more so than the realisation…
Covid made a growing backlog of court cases worse – but austerity created it
In the 18 years I spent as a probation officer, things changed a lot. Like most people joining…
The truth behind the headlines on public sector pay and the minimum wage
To the fury of House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, the government continues to release highlights from Wednesday’s…
The elections bill is a brazen attack on our trade unions – it must be stopped
MPs on the elections bill committee will be debating proposals by the Tories this week that risk silencing…
Sunak set to increase the national living wage – but Labour is not impressed
The national ‘living’ wage is set to rise from £8.91 to £9.50 next April, it has been confirmed…
Why has dumping a sewage amendment created a stink? Is the reaction justified?
MPs rejected an amendment last week that would have legally required water companies to reduce the amount of…
Labour accuses Sunak of “smoke and mirrors” and “high tax, low delivery”
The big headline today is a key announcement brought forward from Wednesday’s Budget: another £5.9bn to help clear…
We need more funding to support our bus services in the West of England
Who remembers when Boris Johnson bizarrely told the nation how he enjoyed painting model buses? He gushed about…
