News Osborne’s tax cut for top earners ‘cost £100 million’ George Osborne’s decision to cut the 50p tax rate for top earners has cost the Treasury around £100… Conor Pope 29th March, 2016, 11:20 am
News Tory tax rises hit women hardest, Kate Green warns Kate Green has criticised the Government for “turning back the clock” on women’s economic equality as she published new… Sarah Pine 29th March, 2016, 10:26 am
News Teachers’ union threatens boycott of primary school tests Teachers have moved one step closer to a boycott of primary school tests after voting to carry out a… Peter Edwards 28th March, 2016, 11:05 am
News Labour calls on Osborne to halt capital gains tax giveaway George Osborne is giving away an average of £3,000 to some of Britain’s richest people under his flagship… Peter Edwards 28th March, 2016, 10:07 am
Comment Ian Murray: SNP will make a staunch defence of the status quo. Labour will look to the future Scottish Labour activists, politicians and the public are probably beginning to wonder when they’re going to get a… Ian Murray 28th March, 2016, 7:00 am
Comment Speaking for the people means listening to the people Caroline Flint MP chaired the most recent meeting of Labour for the Common Good group in Parliament – this is… Caroline Flint 26th March, 2016, 8:05 am
News Corbyn: Tories “asset-stripping” education system Jeremy Corbyn today accuses the Tories of taking an “ideological” approach to schools and presiding over an “asset-striping” agenda… Sarah Pine 25th March, 2016, 2:00 pm
News McDonnell demands life bans for any party member with anti-Semitic views John McDonnell has proposed that people who express anti-Semitic views be permanently banned from the Labour Party, even… Sarah Pine 25th March, 2016, 10:56 am
Comment John Woodcock: We are defeating the Tory caricature of trade unions but the battle goes on Of all the petty and partisan pieces of legislation brought forward by this Government, their new Trade… John Woodcock 25th March, 2016, 7:00 am
Comment Osborne’s austerity is nothing more than a transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich George Osborne’s theme for his latest Budget was “putting the next generation first”. This claim stands reality on its… 24th March, 2016, 6:33 pm