Chuka Umunna: Brexit squeeze is leaving people poorer and starving our public services of the cash they need
The chancellor wants us to believe that this Budget will make Britain fit for the future. But no…
Growth
John Mills: Don’t believe the myth that Labour “crashed the car” – and how we can fire up growth to fund our NHS
Earlier this month government’s independent economic forecaster admitted it would need to “significantly” lower its estimates for the…
The boom years model of growth was morally and practically bankrupt
In a context in which we have been long told that “we are all in it together”, to ask…
Alison McGovern: We need to stop Tories capitulating to the hard-right over Brexit
Naturally I couldn’t help but enjoy watching the Tories running scared at their conference last week. They looked…
Jeremy’s unshakeable values will take him to Downing Street – Thornberry speech
Chair, Conference – It’s a pleasure to be back here in Brighton and Hove. A city which we…
Giving up on the single market will only extend the icy grip of austerity
Politicians often boast of having fully costed manifestos. Theresa May was rightly lambasted for going to the country…
Chuka Umunna: Tory austerity has failed – now a united Labour must see off May
Theresa May broke her promise and called this opportunistic general election to gain a personal mandate for her…
Chi Onwurah: Britain needs an alternative to the Tory hard right race to the bottom and Trump’s climate change disaster
Britain is a country of makers and creators. I grew up in Newcastle, in the shadow of Stephenson,…
Corbyn to meet European socialists as he sets out vision of Brexit Britain economy
Jeremy Corbyn is expected to outline how Britain can deliver prosperity outside the EU when he hosts an…
Richard Corbett: If the PM’s hard Brexit harms jobs, growth and health then Labour MPs are entitled to oppose it
The response to the referendum result is still playing out in both of Britain’s main political parties. While…