John McDonnell: Forget the gimmicks – chancellor needs to change direction
This is the full statement published by John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, in the run-up to today’s Budget.…
Housing
The prize in British politics is now to answer the deafening call to fix our broken housing market
This is one of a series of articles in the run-up to tomorrow’s Budget. During the 1980s and…
A Labour Budget would put rail, wages and workers’ rights at the heart of our economy
This is part of a series of articles in the run-up to the Budget on November 22. As…
Corbyn demands cash for sprinklers and ties Grenfell tragedy to elites’ tax scams
Jeremy Corbyn will today demand £1bn from Philip Hammond’s Budget to fund the purchase of sprinklers for council…
Helen Hayes: The u-turn on supported housing is a Labour victory over Tory chaos – but our fight goes on
Supported housing provides a vital lifeline for 700,000 people across Britain. It enables older people, disabled people and…
It would be painful but here’s why Labour should drop its £11bn tuition fees pledge
Labour didn’t win the last election but, if much of the media is to be believed, it was…
Diane Abbott: Labour will fight the far right and oppose dog-whistle politics
Hate crime is rising. The home office statistics published this week made for alarming reading. There were more than…
“We have seen seven years of austerity in Europe” – Corbyn speech in Brussels
This is the full speech delivered by Jeremy Corbyn at the Europe Together conference in Brussels today. Thank you…
The Tories have failed an entire generation – let’s elect a Labour government to provide homes for the many, not the few
Housing is now at the top of the domestic political agenda. Speaking at Conservative party conference last week,…
May’s “British dream” simply shows she is sleeping through the housing crisis
In Theresa May’s address to the Conservative Party conference last week, the phrase “British Dream” cropped up a…
