Labour sets out the ‘fairer choice’ ahead of the autumn statement
The UK’s annual inflation rate hit a 41-year high of 11.1% last month, according to the Office for…
Economy
These are the straightforward, fairer choices Labour would make on Thursday
Britain has so much potential – but it’s being wasted. Our economy is in turmoil. Under the Tories,…
How big is the reported ‘black hole’ in the public finances?
The UK economy shrank in the last quarter, official figures show. GDP shrank by 0.2% between July and…
Labour’s answer to the perennial question: how would you pay for it?
The Tory government is currently pitch rolling for another round of austerity. This is being greeted with understandable…
As the economic situation deteriorates, Keir Starmer’s Labour faces a choice
The Bank of England lifted interest rates from 2.25% to 3% yesterday, the biggest jump since 1989. The…
Labour must maintain its fiscal discipline in the face of Tory economic recklessness
The government is imploding. Their economic policy making has gone from a baseline level of dysfunction to catastrophe…
Starmer: “The Labour choice is a Britain that is fairer, greener and more dynamic”
Keir Starmer is expected to tell TUC Congress that “the Labour choice is a Britain that is fairer,…
Reeves: Labour would “get a grip” on spending but austerity “not the answer”
Rachel Reeves has said that as Chancellor she would “get a grip on government spending” but that cuts…
Government “in meltdown” after further mini-Budget U-turn, Ashworth says
Jonathan Ashworth has accused the government of being “in meltdown” following the sacking of Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor…
Truss and Kwarteng face the heat amid talks of another ‘mini-Budget’ U-turn
It is hard to believe that the ‘mini-Budget’ – which has turned out to in fact be a…
