Labour: PM and Chancellor must “accept responsibility” for “economic chaos”
Labour’s Pat McFadden has argued that both Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng must “accept responsibility” for the impact…
economic policy
Richest to gain 40 times as much from tax cuts despite U-turn, analysis shows
Analysis has found that the richest households will gain around 40 times as much as the poorest from…
Unions call on Prime Minister to rule out “crippling” cuts to public services
General secretaries of 18 trade unions and the TUC have called on Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng to…
Labour will “fight the Tories on economic growth”, Starmer to tell conference
Keir Starmer will use his leader’s speech to Labour’s conference to declare that the opposition party plans to…
Reeves announces £8bn “national wealth fund” for green investment
Rachel Reeves has set out plans for new green infrastructure including “clean” steel plants, battery factories and “renewable…
Truss and Kwarteng have declared class war with their not-so-mini Budget
The ‘mini-Budget’ was an unfiltered and shocking act of class war. Kwasi Kwarteng went out yesterday to bat…
Truss hopes to shift the conversation to growth, but this mini-Budget won’t do it
I’m reeling from that Budget. Tax cuts for the richest whilst sanctioning those who already won’t be able…
Kwasi Budget delivered; constitutional review leaked; NEC member suspended
Kwasi Kwarteng has just delivered his definitely-not-a-Budget statement. The Chancellor confirmed this morning that the energy price cap…
Starmer brands government absence ahead of energy bill rise “unforgivable”
Keir Starmer has argued that the lack of what the party sees as a proportionate response to the…
End “low-pay Britain”, TUC urges as it unveils roadmap to £15 minimum wage
The TUC has declared that it is “time to put an end to low-pay Britain” as it unveiled…
