Tories fined £70,000 over “numerous failures” in election expenses
The Tories have been fined £70,000 after a damning investigation confirmed they broke rules on election expenses. Today…
Budget
Hammond’s humiliation over national insurance proves the Tories are out of touch, writes a self-employed worker
I have been arguing for long time that Labour should consider itself to be playing at home when…
John McDonnell: Budget u-turn has shredded the chancellor’s authority
This is the full statement published by shadow chancellor John McDonnell after Philip Hammond scrapped the £2bn rise in…
Christian Wolmar: Labour, taking control of the trains and why Hammond’s hostility to anything but cars is all too clear
Philip Hammond’s knowledge of transport was well summed up at my first meeting with him soon after he…
Alison McGovern: Brexit was the ghost at this failing chancellor’s feast
The new chancellor opened his first Budget speech yesterday with a line that probably contained more truth than…
Gerard Coyne: No more shelf stacking apprenticeships to exploit the young – let’s have real industrial partnerships instead
When is an apprenticeship not an apprenticeship? When it’s an excuse for big companies to employ young people…
Chancellor’s broken tax promise creates an opportunity for Labour – now the real party of the workers must seize it
The chances of an early election just moved from low to infinitesimal. And Philip Hammond’s bold decision to…
Jim McMahon: A Budget for no-one that ignores the crisis raging outside London
Philip Hammond yesterday unveiled his first Budget since becoming chancellor. The Budget is an annual occurrence – and…
“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…
Budget verdict: Tory injustice fires up Corbyn but Spreadsheet Phil’s jokes cannot conceal reality of a divided Britain
If being leader of the opposition is the toughest job in politics, as is often said, then this…
