Sadiq Khan hits out at Spending Review over London’s share of investment
London mayor Sadiq Khan has hit out at Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review over “insufficient funding” for the Met…
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Spending Review: Labour tried looking prudent. Do we now want to look lavish?
For much of this government’s life, ministers have tried hard to look as prudent and downbeat as possible…
Spending Review: ‘Keep your eye on the key test – boosting living standards’
Today’s spending review will serve many different purposes. Far from a dry accountancy exercise, it is dripping in…
Interview: Burnham on party factions, spending review and scrapping the whip
“A Northerner in London, this is what happens,” jokes Andy Burnham as we hurl ourselves back off a…
List of biggest current Labour donors revealed as party lags Tory fundraising
The biggest recent Labour donors have been revealed in new official figures released by the Electoral Commission, which…
Spending Review: Poll reveals members’ priorities as 1 in 4 back defence cuts
More than a quarter of Labour members want to see the government make savings from defence spending in…
New welfare cut fears over winter fuel U-turn – as readers say scrap two-child cap
The government’s U-turn on winter fuel has sparked fears there could be more welfare cuts amid a scramble…
Spending Review: Some MPs resigned to cuts but others warn PLP won’t play ball
Gloom is setting in among Labour MPs amid fears of swingeing cuts to some departmental budgets next week,…
‘Blue Labour is an explicit challenge to the neoliberal, capitalist consensus’
Blue Labour continues to garner attention and gain momentum as our party seeks to make sense of the…
Spending Review: ‘Will the PM keep his five missions front and centre?’
Spending reviews are a big moment in any government’s life. They set the spending totals for the following…
