McDonnell pours the jam back on the Tories but Brexit and borrowing mean Autumn Statement is a serious day
These used to be spiteful and occasionally jokey affairs when Ed Balls and George Osborne slugged it out…
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Six years which the chancellor admits were a failure… but more to come – McDonnell’s Autumn Statement speech
Mr Speaker Today’s Statement places on record the abject failure of the last six wasted years and offers…
Cut, cut and cut again, it could still have been Osborne – Kezia Dugdale on Hammond’s fresh round of austerity
This is the full response to the Autumn Statement issued today by Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale. We were…
PMQs verdict: Corbyn edges out shaky May with probing on social care
Today Jeremy Corbyn delivered a strong emotionally-charged performance in contrast to Theresa May’s dry, functional approach. The Labour…
Our tribute must be to confront those spreading hatred and division – Corbyn’s message after Jo Cox’s murderer convicted
This is the statement from Jeremy Corbyn after Jo Cox’s murderer was found guilty at the Old Bailey. “Jo…
Football crazy? Creasy was right to raise the role of private education in English life
Take one high-profile Labour MP, add an old-fashioned right wing Tory and a debate about the national game…
“No plan to fix the housing crisis” – John Healey on Tory affordable homes pledge
This is the full response issued by John Healey, shadow secretary of state for housing, after the government…
Sarah Champion: Today the Tories must admit they have forced women and the low paid to bear the brunt of austerity
In every single budget and autumn statement under this Conservative government, women have lost out. As of the…
It has been nearly 20 years since Blair took power – he would have to reinvent himself if he was to return to British politics
Tony Blair wants to re-enter the debate in British politics. He is looking for offices in Westminster in…
The Tories’ two per cent top-up is a pathetic sticking plaster for the social care crisis, a Labour councillor writes
The situation facing adult social care has reached the status of national emergency. Some might claim that is…
