‘Hunt has stolen Labour’s welfare reform plans. Here’s how it regains the agenda’
“People who can work, should work… 2.6 million people are out of work due to long-term sickness. A…
Autumn Statement
Autumn Statement 2023: The three spending traps now awaiting Labour
The economics of this Autumn Statement do not add up. The Chancellor has all but undone a year’s…
Autumn statement 2023 unpacked: Where key policies leave Labour now
Jeremy Hunt has set out a raft of new measures in his autumn statement today, in a bid…
Autumn statement 2023 live updates: Labour stances on new Tory policies
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled his autumn statement in parliament today, setting out a budget and new policy…
‘The Tories are incompetent failures. And everyone knows it’
No matter how many times you ask the same question in a focus group, something similar comes back.…
‘Polls show Reeves is right – Labour is winning back trust on the economy’
In a past life as a reporter covering economic policy, I remember covering a Confederation of British Industry…
Autumn statement: Four ex-Labour ministers warn against welfare cuts
Senior Labour politicians have urged Jeremy Hunt to increase benefits in line with inflation following reports that 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…
How the labour movement reacted to the government’s autumn statement
Jeremy Hunt delivered his long-awaited autumn statement this morning. The Chancellor set out a large number of measures…
Labour sets out the ‘fairer choice’ ahead of the autumn statement
The UK’s annual inflation rate hit a 41-year high of 11.1% last month, according to the Office for…
