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It is fair to say that few incoming Labour Prime Ministers have inherited more challenges in delivering what some say is the first task of government - to defend the nation - than Keir Starmer should he become Prime Minister this year. A…
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves held a press conference this morning on the state of the UK economy, upping the ante for Labour attacks on "Rishi's recession" as new data shows the economy shrinking. You can watch back her speech in central…
Where the rest of Labour’s platform has been resolutely cautious and incremental, saving most of our fiscal and political firepower for the short campaign, there is one policy that stood out – the green prosperity fund. Labour not only…
Comedian Jasper Carrott used to tell a great joke about the “awesome speed” of the lightweight three-wheeler car, the Reliant Robin, as it “hurtled downhill early each morning, slipstreaming a milk float”. A fair description of the UK…
Labour has confirmed it has ditched a £28 billion spending target for its Green Prosperity Plan today, with leader Keir Starmer embarking on another significant policy rowback. The party said in a press release: "Due to the Conservatives’…
This weekend the Financial Times reported that senior Labour figures had discussed rolling back one of its remaining tax policies. Namely, the commitment to close a loophole that allows private equity fund managers to claim their…
When Nottingham City Council announced it was issuing a Section 114 notice in November last year, there was shock and anger in our city. However, it wasn’t a surprise to councillors here as we had been briefed for some time that the…
Since I was born in 1970, the wealth of our nation has grown 100-fold to an incredible £12trn. But here’s the problem. Since the great financial crash, the wealth we create together is no longer fairly shared. In fact, since 2010, the…
Labour party general secretary David Evans says Labour has "radically" changed its doorstep scripts, tested out "new things" in every different by-election and been "busting a gut" to match Tory election spending – including mobilising the…
Labour leader Keir Starmer made his first speech of the new year near Bristol this morning, setting out his stall exactly one year after prime minister Rishi Sunak unveiled his 'five pledges'. You can rewatch it in full and read our…
As election day gets closer, Labour will face growing pressure to set out a clearer vision for Britain’s future. In power, Labour has applied two distinct philosophies of government. The first was Clem Attlee’s model of ‘social democracy’…
The Labour leadership has warmly embraced “Bidenomics” as the inspiration and proof point for its own economic and industrial plans in the UK. Yet their praise for US policy is not one shared by American voters. Recent polling here in the…
