McDonnell: We will borrow £100bn and rebuild industry after Brexit
John McDonnell today set out plans for a Labour government to borrow £100bn to put a national investment…
Borrowing
Amid his obsession with austerity, Osborne has failed to build a balanced economy beyond London
Labour strongly believes that the Tory governments of recent parliaments have been bad for the economy. Taking the most…
LabourList readers back McDonnell’s pledges on spending
Nearly four out of five LabourList readers have backed the leadership’s strategy on the economy. An overwhelming 79 per cent…
Kinnock: On Planet Osborne the Budget made sense, on Planet Earth the reality is hitting growth and manufacturing
Dear George, Yesterday was a new experience: my first Spring Budget as an MP – a significant…
McDonnell promises to balance the books with Fiscal Credibility Rule
John McDonnell will today promise that Labour will manage public spending with “discipline” and aim to balance the…
Reeves attacks Osborne scheming over leadership and publishes alternative Budget
Rachel Reeves has raced out of the blocks ahead of next week’s Budget by publishing her own wishlist…
Miliband attacks government’s £116.5 billion failure – and the “Squeezed Middle” returns
Speaking in Nottingham today, Ed Miliband will take aim at Tory failings on the cost of living crisis…
Stagnant wages forcing Osborne to borrow billions more than he did last year
Government borrowing for last month was £11.8bn – £1.6bn more than September of last year. Borrowing for 2014…
Balls isn’t planning a “spending spree”. The truth is the opposite – and it’s going to be brutal
There’s a splash on the front page of The Times this morning that the Labour leadership won’t be…
More borrowing and fewer nurses – let’s judge Cameron on his record
At the last General Election, when Labour warned that the Tories in power would cut the number of…
