‘Andy Burnham said he would end business as usual – he needs to mean it’
Andy Burnham’s assured performance in his first few weeks as Prime Minister has won grudging admiration from political…
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“Austerity is a political choice” – full text of John McDonnell’s speech
John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, speech at the RSA on Labour’s approach to the economy REWRITING…
With another unfair Tory Budget looming, Labour has called an Economy Action Day
The Labour Party boasts more members than all the other parties combined. It doesn’t take an economist to…
McDonnell promises to balance the books with Fiscal Credibility Rule
John McDonnell will today promise that Labour will manage public spending with “discipline” and aim to balance the…
Defeatist talk of losing ground in May should be banished
We in the Labour Party face our first major electoral test of this parliament in a matter of…
5 Tory climbdowns Labour has forced in recent weeks
The Tories’ suffered defeat over Sunday trading hours yesterday – another episode in a series of recent failures…
We should give HS2 our unequivocal support
This week marked the conclusion of the Committee Stage of the High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill, which…
Heidi Alexander: “Failure has become the norm” for the NHS under the Tories
Tory health policies are “failing patients”, Heidi Alexander has said following the release of new data which shows the…
Cuts to buses in Cameron’s backyard are leaving people stuck – but this community is fighting back
A half-hour drive from Oxford, on the edge of the Cotswolds lies the town of Witney, the heart…
All the Tories have delivered on energy is one broken promise after another
Hardly a day goes by without more evidence that the energy market is fundamentally broken. Some customers are…
“Tough on inequality, tough on the causes of inequality” – full text of Dan Jarvis’ speech
Dan Jarvis MP gave a speech hosted by think tank Demos in London this morning. Here is the…
