‘How Labour councils can help Starmer and Reeves deliver their growth mission’
Economic growth is at the heart of our new government’s agenda, and rightly so. For too long we…
Budget 2024
Sam White: ‘Budget 2024 leaves Reeves facing nine circles of fiscal hell’
In the ‘Divine Comedy’, Dante tells the story of the hero being led through the Nine Circles of…
Keir Starmer Budget speech: Key points and stream as PM vows tax rises to stop austerity
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned Labour must “run towards tough decisions” in the Budget, warning of tax…
Budget 2024: ‘Tax booze, betting and tobacco to raise cash and public health’
Rachel Reeves is going to face the mother of all juggling acts when she comes to deliver her…
Mike Amesbury: Labour suspends Runcorn and Helsby MP as police probe alleged assault
Mike Amesbury has had his party membership suspended by Labour while both the party and police investigate an…
‘Wealth inequality threatens all of us – what can Labour do about it in the Budget?’
Periods of egalitarianism are the exception and not the rule in British history. Throughout its long and storied…
Budget 2024: What are Labour MPs looking for from Rachel Reeves?
With the Budget only days away, Labour MPs are bracing themselves for what has been touted as a…
Budget 2024: ‘Reeves has the nation’s morale in her hands, not just its finances’
Economists will say it’s illogical. They will point to inflation falling and salaries now climbing faster than prices…
Budget 2024: ‘No fiscal rule is perfect. But this one means welcome investment’
Speaking yesterday at the IMF in Washington, Rachel Reeves finally confirmed the rumour that has been circulating in…
Budget 2024 fiscal rules: What is Reeves changing – and why does it matter?
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has signalled Labour’s first Budget next week will loosen the UK government’s self-imposed fiscal…
