Budget 2024: ‘Labour must hold firm in opposing rumoured inheritance tax cut’
The spring budget is fast approaching, and tax cuts are running around the chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s mind. After…
fiscal rules
Starmer’s full economy speech: “Labour will offer a new deal for the public”
Thank you, Torsten. It’s a privilege to speak at an event like this, dedicated to the biggest question…
‘Labour’s public service reform plans lack clarity – and risk derailment as a result’
The crisis in public services is visible to every British citizen. Waiting lists, crumbling buildings, exhausted staff. All…
‘Reeves needs a BoE independence-style moment like Brown. Here’s one big idea’
If Labour wins the next election, the challenge it will face is clear. It must deliver a “decade…
Starmer warned Labour “kidding itself” over spending without tax hikes
Labour has been accused of “kidding itself” about the cost of its plans for a “decade of national…
Reeves’ full 2023 conference speech: ‘Labour is ready to rebuild Britain’
Conference. It is a privilege to stand here, as your Shadow Chancellor. Today, I make this commitment to…
‘The government’s plans for post-election spending cuts are a trap for Labour’
This is a story about public capital investment. I know it might not sound like the makings of…
‘Now is not the time for Labour to row back on its green prosperity plan’
The big news that year had been that Oasis might get back together for Glastonbury. In the end,…
Keir Starmer: We must “accept the consequences” of our iron fiscal rules
Labour leader Keir Starmer has warned in a major speech on the party’s green energy mission that “we…
‘Scaling back the green prosperity plan is a political and economic blunder’
The announcement that Labour will be looking to scale back its £28bn a year ‘green prosperity plan’ is…
