Budget 2024: The tax rises and spending plans to expect as PM revises bus fare cap and reveals back-to-work package
Labour’s first Budget since returning to power is fast approaching, with many of the policies Chancellor Rachel Reeves…
Child Poverty
‘Beyond the two-child benefit cap, what should Labour’s long-term strategy against poverty look like?’
This article was originally published on the University of Sheffield SPERI Blog. There’s a very good case for removing the two-child…
MPs to vote on amendment to King’s Speech calling for two-child cap be axed
MPs will vote on an amendment to the King’s Speech calling for the two-child benefit cap to be…
Starmer pledges ‘raw honesty’ and does not commit to reverse two-child cap
Keir Starmer has pledged to approach the problems facing the country with a “raw honesty”, saying his government…
‘We must go further than New Labour on child poverty – and finally eliminate it’
I’m proud to be from the North East. I was brought up in Tyneside, and I raised my…
‘Labour will put country before party with our five national missions’
A year ago today, Keir Starmer set out a bold, new plan for mission government. Five ambitious, long…
Autumn statement: ‘Here’s the anti-poverty plan Labour and the Tories need’
A political party that is in such political disarray and so desperate to stay in power as the…
‘The King’s Speech won’t fix child poverty. It must be our top priority in power’
Today the government will lay out its plans for the next year in the King’s Speech, likely the…
‘Labour’s rejection of policies like wealth taxes is a moral and economic failure’
On August 25th, Colne Valley Constituency Labour Party agreed to send the following motion forward to national conference:…
TUC Congress: Unions demand Labour manifesto pledge on free school meals
The TUC Congress has passed a motion calling on the Labour Party to include a commitment on free…
