Comment 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… 22nd November, 2016, 12:00 pm
Comment End the “misery” of austerity and halt disability cuts- Dugdale letter to chancellor Kezia Dugdale, leader of Scottish Labour, has sent an open letter to chancellor Philip Hammond demanding the Tories… Kezia Dugdale 21st November, 2016, 10:55 am
News McDonnell demands investment as report tells Hammond to scrap “unfair and unwise” Tory tax cuts The overwhelming majority of Tory tax cuts since 2010 have gone to the rich, a new report finds… Peter Edwards 2nd November, 2016, 9:05 am
News McDonnell: Don’t inflict more austerity to pay for another corporation tax cut John McDonnell has warned against imposing more austerity on the British public to pay for a massive tax… Peter Edwards 24th October, 2016, 9:04 am
Comment McDonnell: Tory u-turns show what Labour movement can achieve when united in opposition to austerity This is John McDonnell’s speech to the Labour Assembly Against Austerity Conference on Saturday. “We’ve had major successes in… John McDonnell 23rd October, 2016, 9:49 am
Comment Could this be McDonnell’s next big moment? Brexit vacuum and rising bond yields pile pressure on Hammond In the run up to the 2010 general election, George Osborne predicted that the markets would turn on… Dan McCurry 18th October, 2016, 12:58 pm
News The cruel and the chaotic: Six things we learned about May’s Government this week The Conservatives are holding their annual conference in Birmingham this week, with party members paying an eye-watering £520… Conor Pope 4th October, 2016, 1:40 pm
News Time to apologise, says McDonnell, as Chancellor ditches austerity charter Labour has claimed victory for its opposition to George Osborne’s austerity charter after his successor scrapped it in a… Conor Pope 3rd October, 2016, 3:27 pm
Comment As bad as George Osborne, but with worse jokes – McDonnell on Hammond’s speech This is the full response by John McDonnell, the shadow Chancellor, to the speech by opposite number Philip… John McDonnell 3rd October, 2016, 1:37 pm
Comment Jon Ashworth: Tory conference shows they have no answers on the economy, no plan for Brexit and no vision of the future We’re one day in to Tory conference in Birmingham and, with Theresa May speaking yesterday and her Chancellor… Jon Ashworth 3rd October, 2016, 11:30 am