Andy Burnham promises to help businesspeople become Labour parliamentary candidates
Andy Burnham promised today to help businesspeople become Labour parliamentary candidates if he is elected party leader. In…
Economy
Don’t let the Tories off the hook – there is an economic alternative
The Chancellor boasted today that ‘this is a big Budget…a new settlement from a one nation government’’. It…
Voters strongly oppose cuts to welfare and top rate of tax
A majority of people oppose the Tories plans to slash the welfare budget by £12 billion and reduce…
Weekly survey: Budget surplus, Syria and Heathrow expansion
The Labour leadership team seem to have agreed with George Osborne’s proposals that the government should run a…
Shadow Chancellor: Labour’s aim should be to run a surplus in normal times
Chris Leslie has said Labour’s aim should be to run a surplus in “normal times”. In an interview…
We can be winning the economic arguments, right now
Watching our earnest contenders debating exactly how many pro-business credentials they have to display to make Labour electable…
Chris Leslie to Osborne: Labour will support your Budget – if you meet these challenges
Shadow Chancellor Chris Leslie has today set out three challenges for George Osborne to meet in his Budget…
Kendall pledges to combat Tory “welfare privatisation” with devolution
Liz Kendall will slam the Tories’ “failed experiment in welfare privatisation” this morning, and say that powers to…
Chuka Umunna hits back at ‘Tory lite’ jibes
Reducing the deficit and admitting Labour made mistakes on the economy are not ‘Tory lite’ ideas, according to…
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…
