McDonnell leaps on OECD call to curb austerity
JOHN McDonnell has seized on a report by the influential OECD think tank which called for higher public…
Austerity
Labour challenges Cameron’s record after £1bn mental health pledge
Labour has challenged David Cameron to deliver on the recommendations of a key mental health taskforce after he pledged…
Real anti-austerity politics have finally landed in Scotland
At last voters in Scotland will have a real choice at the ballot box. Scottish Labour’s policy to…
Leaked documents reveals Labour’s potential “fiscal credibility” plans
A leaked document has reportedly revealed that Labour might be set to pursue a “fiscal credibility rule”, where…
2015 election verdict: Too tough on welfare and the deficit, and too much like the Tories
Labour stances on welfare and the deficit going were too tough going into May’s general election – but…
Greece needs growth not austerity to rebuild democracy
The humanitarian disaster unfolding in Greece is a wake-up call for all those who want the flame of…
How to oppose austerity without looking like deficit-deniers
Across Europe – from Spain to Scotland, from the Labour leadership contest to the situation in Greece –…
Jon Cruddas is wrong: the evidence actually proves Labour need a clearer anti-austerity agenda
Jon Cruddas has today argued, as part of his independent inquiry into Labour’s election loss, that ‘the Tories didn’t…
Labour lost because voters believed it was anti-austerity
Today the Independent Inquiry into why Labour lost announces the first of its findings. We set up the…
The political elite need to lay off Jeremy Corbyn
The unwelcome briefings and the public prophesies of doom and destruction from senior figures in the Labour Party…
