McDonnell pours the jam back on the Tories but Brexit and borrowing mean Autumn Statement is a serious day
These used to be spiteful and occasionally jokey affairs when Ed Balls and George Osborne slugged it out…
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It has been nearly 20 years since Blair took power – he would have to reinvent himself if he was to return to British politics
Tony Blair wants to re-enter the debate in British politics. He is looking for offices in Westminster in…
Chi Onwurah: The chancellor must abandon the race to the bottom which puts Britain as a low corporate tax haven
On the eve of the Autumn Statement with lobbying and leaking in full swing, one thing is clear…
Geraint Davies: Labour will not win votes by becoming a pro-Brexit party – but let’s give people a say on the terms of departure
Despite what many twittering Remainers like to think, the great majority of those who voted Brexit did not…
Labour has enough to worry about next year – a plot to deselect Hilary Benn would be petty and pointless
I am “a Benn, not a Bennite”, Hilary famously declared when he fought the by-election that brought him…
Corbyn tell business leaders: We’ll use the state to power a new industrial revolution
Jeremy Corbyn will today seek to take advantage of businesses’ concern over the chaos of Brexit with a…
Clive Lewis: Yes, Labour will raise corporation tax but we will support businesses through Brexit uncertainty
This is the full speech given today by shadow business secretary Clive Lewis at the Royal Society of Chemistry.…
From Mazzucato to TUC chief and a Labour Brexit campaigner: the thinkers leading new probe on inequality and Brexit
Leading centre-left think tank the IPPR today launched a major investigation into inequality and the economy which aims…
PMQs verdict: combative Corbyn’s points of detail edge out awkward, scripted May
It began with an issue few will have heard of but Jeremy Corbyn’s tactics today were more familiar:…
Benn’s Brexit committee reveals details of first investigation
The Brexit select committee has announced its first witnesses in its investigations into EU withdrawal. In his first witness…
