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Rachel Reeves will declare that Labour will "rebuild the industrial foundations that we have lost" in a major speech setting out the party's plans to increase Britain's economic resilience and seize the "economic opportunities of the…
“Clause IV on steroids” got the headlines, of course. But the most fascinating parts of Keir Starmer’s speech last week to the Progressive Britain conference lay a little deeper below the surface. At a time when Sir Keir is frequently…
This month, Labour became the biggest party in local government for the first time in more than 20 years. The local elections resulted in an additional 22 councils now being Labour led, meaning their residents will benefit from the party's…
Speaking at a Progressive Britain conference this weekend, Labour leader Keir Starmer promised to go ‘further and deeper’ than his predecessor Tony Blair’s governments. So is Labour really heading for the kind of radical agenda being hinted…
SPONSORED POST Economic growth is not an abstract concept. It is, quite literally, life changing. And with the nation facing some of the most difficult economic challenges in generations, the importance of pursuing sustainable long-term…
“For the past 13 years people have been obliged to live their lives at the mercy of this irrational force called the market… If the market system becomes an agent of speculation and stagnation instead of an engine for prosperity, then it is…
With quite some audacity, the Chancellor stood up in the House of Commons a month ago and said he was delivering “a Budget for growth” – just as documents published alongside it confirmed the UK economy was set to shrink this year. As…
Under the Conservatives, Britain’s economy has stagnated. We are the only G7 nation that has an economy smaller than it was pre-pandemic. This is no coincidence. 13 years of underinvestment has led to low growth, low wages, high prices and…
Just in case voters had begun to forget the details of Jeremy Hunt's budget for the fewest last month, Labour has new analysis out today that finds that the average worker would have to save for roughly 400 years to receive any benefit from…
Keir Starmer has declared that British businesses have been "held back by 13 years of Tory economic failure" after Labour launched its five-point plan to "revitalise local high streets", including £700m to support small businesses with…
It is a mark of how much our public services have deteriorated that the famous pledges on which Labour fought and won the 1997 election now look laughably unambitious. Treating an extra 100,000 patients on waiting lists, reducing primary…
Today is the anniversary of one of the darkest episodes in the recent history of employment rights in Britain. P&O Ferries, a subsidiary of United Arab Emirates multinational DP World, sacked its entire workforce of UK ratings and officers…
