Budget speech verdict: Tough gig for opposition leader but Corbyn captures the mood of austerity Britain
This was the Budget when Brexit came home to bite. Growth forecasts downgraded for the next three years…
Austerity
Shock poll puts Labour four points behind Tories as Hammond fights for survival
Labour has fallen behind the Tories according to a surprise new poll published this week. Jeremy Corbyn’s party…
Dave Prentis: Today the Tories should end the public sector pay misery – or step aside
This is the final one of a series of articles by MPs, trade unionists and Labour activists in…
Mike Amesbury: Look up from your spreadsheet Phil – and look north
This is the penultimate one of a series of articles by MPs, trade unionists and Labour activists in…
John McDonnell: Forget the gimmicks – chancellor needs to change direction
This is the full statement published by John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, in the run-up to today’s Budget.…
TSSA chief and Labour MPs swing behind pre-Budget austerity protest
Labour MPs, activists and a senior trade union leader demanded an and to austerity and greater investment in…
The prize in British politics is now to answer the deafening call to fix our broken housing market
This is one of a series of articles in the run-up to tomorrow’s Budget. During the 1980s and…
Labour Brexit row as leadership join Tories to sink Murray’s customs union plan
Senior Labour backbenchers have rallied to the defence of Ian Murray after the former shadow cabinet minister’s attempt…
Frances O’Grady: The proof that public sector pay cap is harming our economy
This is part of a series of articles in the run-up to the Budget on Wednesday. On public…
Labour drama poses centre-ground lessons that must be heard beyond the theatre
“I got involved in politics to find the vaccine not put plasters on problems” says the fictional New…
