No serious economist supports Osborne’s fiscal charter. Opposing it doesn’t make us deficit deniers
I have been worried about the impact of George Osborne’s fiscal charter since it was floated last summer,…
Deficit
Labour reversal: McDonnell says party will now oppose fiscal charter
Labour will now oppose the Tories’ fiscal charter when it comes to a Commons vote later this week,…
Corbyn brands Tories “poverty deniers” as he attacks austerity in TUC speech
Jeremy Corbyn slammed the Conservative Party as “poverty deniers” in his speech to the TUC in Brighton today…
How to oppose austerity without looking like deficit-deniers
Across Europe – from Spain to Scotland, from the Labour leadership contest to the situation in Greece –…
Leaked memo shows Miliband was warned over deficit, immigration and welfare in 2010
Ed Miliband was warned about the negative public attitudes to Labour’s positions on deficit reduction, controlling immigration and…
How can we deliver a strong NHS with decreasing resources?
An overworked doctor, sweating in his scrubs on the hottest day of the year, collapses gratefully into a…
The deficit question, and how to answer it
Picture the scene: you’re a Labour leadership hopeful. The red ‘on air’ light in the Today studio is…
Kendall has “no problem” with running a surplus – and says Labour must be clearer on deficit
Leadership hopeful Liz Kendall has today said she is not opposed to running a budget surplus, as has…
To regain trust, Labour must admit we spent too much, says Burnham
The spending deficit was too high in the years before the 2008 financial crash, Andy Burnham will say…
Eight strange decisions that Labour got badly wrong
1. Labour’s policy on the deficit didn’t make any sense. How can you reconcile sending the whole of…
