Pre-Budget briefings to press under fire from Speaker, opposition and Tory MPs
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has vowed to “do everything in my power” to ensure that ministers are called to…
Budget 2021
The truth behind the headlines on public sector pay and the minimum wage
To the fury of House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, the government continues to release highlights from Wednesday’s…
Labour accuses Sunak of “smoke and mirrors” and “high tax, low delivery”
The big headline today is a key announcement brought forward from Wednesday’s Budget: another £5.9bn to help clear…
“By any measure, this is a Budget to be ashamed of” – McDonnell’s speech
Below is the full text of John McDonnell’s Budget speech. With limited time, let me cut to the…
Sunday shows: Labour opposes tax-free personal allowance freeze after U-turn
Labour representatives confirmed on the Sunday shows that the party will now be opposing Rishi Sunak’s income tax personal…
Protection of jobs will only get us so far. Where is the plan for job creation?
Beneath the upbeat headline announcements from his Budget, Rishi Sunak’s short-termist decisions and inaction spell bad news for…
Can the clapping we saw last year translate into real political change?
The latest YouGov poll shows the Conservatives 13 points ahead of Labour. There are different ways of looking at this…
Why is Labour not opposing Rishi Sunak’s personal allowance freeze?
Labour is not going to oppose the personal allowances freeze in Rishi Sunak’s Budget. The Chancellor has announced…
Dodds warns government against pinning all hopes on PM’s Covid roadmap
Labour’s Anneliese Dodds has used a Fabian Society event appearance about this week’s Budget to warn that the…
Labour highlights cuts buried in the Budget and Tory pork-barrel politics
Despite the carefully choreographed social media performance (and a new party political broadcast from the BBC), many will feel that…
