The chancellor has produced a charter for alternative facts
Hidden behind the news of the Supreme Court Brexit ruling, the Tory government has been quietly rowing back…
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“Tax giveaways for the big banks and spending cuts for everyone else” – McDonnell on new City scandal
This is the statement issued by shadow chancellor John McDonnell following reports today that some large foreign banks in Britain…
Rachel Reeves: PM and chancellor have betrayed the “jams” but plough on with a £1 billion handout for the wealthy
Philip Hammond has abandoned his boss’s now famous “jams” (just about managing) families in the worst of all…
Sarah Champion: Today the Tories must admit they have forced women and the low paid to bear the brunt of austerity
In every single budget and autumn statement under this Conservative government, women have lost out. As of the…
The Tories’ two per cent top-up is a pathetic sticking plaster for the social care crisis, a Labour councillor writes
The situation facing adult social care has reached the status of national emergency. Some might claim that is…
The evidence makes a mockery of Tory claims – we all know there is something deeply wrong with Britain’s economy
Next week, we will get our first real look at what type of chancellor Philip Hammond is likely…
Jon Ashworth: The Tories are turning the clock back to hide their failures on education, crime and the NHS
Today at Conservative Party conference, the Tories will be discussing “a society that works for everyone”. We’ll hear…
As bad as George Osborne, but with worse jokes – McDonnell on Hammond’s speech
This is the full response by John McDonnell, the shadow Chancellor, to the speech by opposite number Philip…
Owen Smith: Half of the great offices of state must be filled by women
Owen Smith will today pledge to hand two of the top four jobs in shadow Cabinet and then…
Corbyn “worked harder than any other Labour member” in run-up to EU vote, says McDonnell
John McDonnell today called for “compromises” from all sides of Labour to find a solution to the current…
