News Labour and students united in fury as Tories scrap university grants for the poorest Angela Rayner has condemned the Government’s scrapping of student maintenance grants and said young people were being forced to… Sarah Pine 1st August, 2016, 3:38 pm
Comment Tory Brexit raises the risk of NHS charges – Corbyn speech at the TUC This is Jeremy Corbyn’s speech on the risk of Brexit to the NHS at the TUC today. Thank you… Jeremy Corbyn 14th June, 2016, 12:50 pm
Comment Dan Jarvis and Nick Donovan: Enough of balancing the budget on the poor – it is time to consider a one-off wealth tax By Dan Jarvis, Labour MP for Barnsley Central, and Nick Donovan, author of A Unique Contribution, which proposes a one-off… 13th June, 2016, 5:00 pm
Comment Amid his obsession with austerity, Osborne has failed to build a balanced economy beyond London Labour strongly believes that the Tory governments of recent parliaments have been bad for the economy. Taking the most… David Leslie 11th June, 2016, 7:00 am
Comment The Tories do not understand the consequences of austerity: Corbyn’s speech at State of the Economy conference This is the speech given by Jeremy Corbyn at Labour’s State of the Economy conference in London… Jeremy Corbyn 23rd May, 2016, 3:17 pm
News Britain is “more lax” than Luxembourg, says top McDonnell advisor Britain is becoming increasingly like a tax haven, one of John McDonnell’s economic advisors has warned. Taxes on fund… Sarah Pine 31st March, 2016, 3:49 pm
News Six Budget facts Osborne doesn’t want you to know It has been 24 hours since George Osborne delivered his eighth Budget – a typical Tory package of… Sarah Pine 17th March, 2016, 5:24 pm
News More austerity, lower wages and why we should “all be worried” – IFS’ brutal verdict on Osborne’s Budget British people face a longer period of lower wages and reduced living standards as spending cuts continue beyond 2020,… Peter Edwards 17th March, 2016, 3:35 pm
Comment Kinnock: On Planet Osborne the Budget made sense, on Planet Earth the reality is hitting growth and manufacturing Dear George, Yesterday was a new experience: my first Spring Budget as an MP – a significant… Stephen Kinnock 17th March, 2016, 12:48 pm
News Revealed: The first page of Labour’s manifesto – dedicated to a “Budgetary Responsibility Lock” The Labour election manifesto is released in Manchester tomorrow (Monday) and the first page of that document has… 12th April, 2015, 10:29 pm