Jonathan Ashworth: Theresa May is overseeing a collapse in hospital standards – it’s time she sat up and took notice
Since Theresa May took over as prime minister last summer, patient standards in the NHS have collapsed. Consumed…
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Siôn Simon: As mayor I would cap tram and bus fares for a year
Bus fares will be capped for a year if I’m mayor, Labour’s Siôn Simon will announce today. Simon…
John McDonnell: Hammond backed down – now the super-rich and the giant corporations must be targeted for tax
Phillip Hammond’s u-turn on the £2bn national insurance contributions (NICs) hike for the self-employed will be a relief to…
PMQs verdict: Tories’ u-turn a gift for Corbyn but Cooper’s zinger steals the show
“We want a staircase for all not a ladder for the few”, Jeremy Corbyn said today. His critique…
John McDonnell: Budget u-turn has shredded the chancellor’s authority
This is the full statement published by shadow chancellor John McDonnell after Philip Hammond scrapped the £2bn rise in…
Hardliners want Brexit to be culmination of decades of free market dogma – McDonnell speech to economy conference
This is the full speech delivered by John McDonnell at Labour’s economic conference in Glasgow yesterday. I want…
McDonnell: Government in “disarray” with “partial U-turn” after Budget
Labour has claimed a victory against the chancellor’s plans to increase national insurance contributions for the self-employed, with…
Gerard Coyne: No more shelf stacking apprenticeships to exploit the young – let’s have real industrial partnerships instead
When is an apprenticeship not an apprenticeship? When it’s an excuse for big companies to employ young people…
Chancellor’s broken tax promise creates an opportunity for Labour – now the real party of the workers must seize it
The chances of an early election just moved from low to infinitesimal. And Philip Hammond’s bold decision to…
“A Budget of utter complacency” – Corbyn’s attack on today’s Tory tax rises
This is the full speech by Jeremy Corbyn in response to the Budget. Mr Deputy Speaker, this was…
