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…
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IndyRef2, party membership and Corbyn’s staff – Alice Perry’s latest NEC report
Labour’s NEC met on 21 March. Jeremy Corbyn, Tom Watson and the NEC agreed that party unity and…
Tories post 19 point lead over Labour after Budget and NICs U-turn shambles
The Conservatives have increased their lead over Labour to 19 points after the Budget and subsequent U-turn on…
McDonnell: The regions are being robbed of their greatness by Tory economic failure
This is the full text of the speech the shadow chancellor John McDonnell gave to the Labour New…
Margaret Greenwood: The Tories’ budget failed to help families and make work pay
The farce of the government’s u-turn on the national insurance hike for the self-employed has grabbed the headlines,…
Weekly survey: Sturgeon, the single market and another bad Budget
With Nicola Sturgeon launching her push for a second independence referendum today, we ask should Labour put the economy…
McDonnell: Low and middle earners are losers from Budget tax rises
Labour is ready for an election “at any point” John McDonnell said today as the row intensified over…
Brexit Britain’s economy is being built on sand – McDonnell responds to the budget
This is the full statement put out by shadow chancellor John McDonnell in response to the budget. “Philip…
“A Budget of utter complacency” – Corbyn’s attack on today’s Tory tax rises
This is the full speech by Jeremy Corbyn in response to the Budget. Mr Deputy Speaker, this was…
Are the self-employed being asked to pay for Brexit? Labour reactions to Budget
With the chancellor Philip Hammond today giving his first, and last spring Budget, in which he has unveiled…
