TUC chief tells MPs Labour must “face down” business and hike taxes
Last night’s weekly meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) was addressed by TUC general secretary Paul Nowak.…
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Momentum: The transformative socialist agenda CLPs should bring to conference
It’s been a great week for us in the Labour Party, following huge Conservative losses and substantial Labour…
Councils are more than a litmus test for Westminster. But they need new powers
With just over a year to go until a general election, commentators will be looking to make political…
Austerity left rural communities feeling abandoned – Labour can change that
Roughly 19 million people live in England’s rural communities, some 17% of the population. Over the last year,…
UK economy grew £400bn less than forecast under Tories, TUC says
The UK economy has grown £400bn less than expected since the Tories came to power, TUC research has…
Labour will inherit a mess, but simply appeasing the markets is not an option
World capitalism is sneezing. But it’s only in Britain where the economy is going down with pneumonia. The…
It’s time to ditch the austerity agenda
The economist, JK Galbraith, once said “there are two classes of forecasters: those who don’t know and those…
Sunday shows: Reeves says economy will put “constraints” on Labour government
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said there is “clearly a gap” in the government finances…
Labour must reject the narrative of a so-called “black hole” in the public finances
In the wake of the disastrous Liz Truss/Kwasi Kwarteng mini-Budget, a strange new object has come to dominate…
How big is the reported ‘black hole’ in the public finances?
The UK economy shrank in the last quarter, official figures show. GDP shrank by 0.2% between July and…
