Scrapping two-child benefit cap ‘not a silver bullet’, think tank says
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap would not be a “silver bullet” to reducing child poverty in Britain, a…
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Rachel Reeves interview: ‘There’s more to economic policy than tax and spend’
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has argued that there is “more to economic policy than tax and spend”, using…
IFS: Starmer and Sunak must pick cuts, debt or tax hikes in ‘trilemma’
A “stark” choice between more borrowing, tax rises or spending cuts will soon be faced by whichever party…
IFS: ‘Sharp cuts’ likely under Labour to justice system and further education
A leading think tank is warning Labour and other major parties are “silent on the inevitability of cuts”…
IFS: Labour manifesto doesn’t raise enough cash to fund ‘genuine change’
A leading think tank has warned Labour’s general election manifesto offers “no indication” of how it would raise…
Labour: “Generation of children left to pay price for government incompetence”
Labour has accused the government of leaving “a generation of children to pay the price” for its “chronic…
Grahame Morris: Helping the Waspi women would cost less than bombing Syria
Across Britain some 3.8 million women are affected by the increase to the state pension age. Though there…
Peter Dowd: Tory attacks over borrowing to invest are just ideology pure and simple
The days since Philip Hammond’s Budget have seen a concerted effort by the Conservatives and their media outriders…
Student debt row should be a cautionary tale for writing the next manifesto
When Labour’s manifesto was published, halfway through the general election campaign, the party was languishing far behind the…
Labour policy should not be decided by trying to please neo-liberal think tanks
Despite the electoral success of Labour, a recent LabourList article by Andrew Harrop shows the anxiety of the…
