Labour would aim to save £1 billion from Housing Benefit Bill
Labour have announced that they would aim to save £1 billion from the Housing Benefit bill in the…
Chris Leslie
Full text: Labour’s NHS motion in the Commons today
Labour are holding an Opposition Day debate on NHS funding today (it’s happening right now in fact: you…
More than £500 million could be saved in local government budget, Labour’s report finds
Following Ed Miliband’s speech on the deficit today, the Labour leadership are outlining how they will make £500…
Labour will make £250m worth of savings in Home Office to preserve frontline police jobs
Labour have published the first report from their zero-based spending review (ZBR) – the assessment of all governmental…
Labour call out the Government on £3 billion tax cut for top 1%
Update: The Commons voted down Labour’s motion on the top rate of tax by 248 – 287. That’s reduced the…
Stagnant wages forcing Osborne to borrow billions more than he did last year
Government borrowing for last month was £11.8bn – £1.6bn more than September of last year. Borrowing for 2014…
Chris Leslie rules out raising National Insurance to pay for social care
The possibility of Labour pledging a specific tax to raise money for NHS spending resurfaced this weekend, with Ed…
Under 30? Your wages have dropped by 10% under the Tories, says Leslie
Chris Leslie, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, will today give a speech in which he will outline…
Why won’t the government debate with Labour on the economy?
As we noted yesterday, the Tories are feeling pretty smug about the economy (although considering the recent fall…
Tory minister lets slip: We want to bring in regressive flat tax
The Tories still want to look into implementing a flat tax system, whereby the poorest taxpayers would pay…
