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Alison McGovern: As borrowing balloons the blame for this mess lies with the Brexiteers who made up the facts
So here’s the very bad news. Our country looks set to be plunged into debt now totalling £2…
Lucy Powell: £240m grammar school splurge shows ministers are backing the wrong horse in the social mobility race
In a budget which barely mentioned education there was one stand-out pledge from the chancellor, a staggering commitment…
An astonishing set of Tory failures: top Labour figures give their verdict on key Autumn Statement measures
£122bn of extra borrowing by 2021 and growth downgraded for next year John McDonnell, shadow chancellor: “The figures speak…
McCluskey: “Timid” statement will do nothing to help the “jams”
The chancellor has failed to listen to the message of June 23 by pushing ahead with more austerity,…
“The killing of Jo was a political act but it was self-defeating” – Brendan Cox pays tribute to a wife, mum and MP
This is the full victim impact statement read out in court by Brendan Cox, on behalf of Jo’s…
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…
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…
Brendan Cox pays tribute to Jo as “terrorist” murderer jailed for life
Brendan Cox today paid tribute to his late wife after her murderer was convicted at the Old Bailey.…
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…
