Budget 2024: ‘We can avoid taxing workers by hiking capital gains tax’
With Labour’s first budget for 14 years fast approaching, speculation around tax rises has reached frenzied levels. Capital…
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Budget: Think tanks urge fiscal rule shakeup to boost public services and growth
Think tanks are raising the pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to go ahead with shaking up the government’s…
‘Labour’s manifesto is more ambitious than the Ming vase strategy suggests’
For all the talk of Labour’s safety-first approach and Keir Starmer’s ‘Ming vase’ strategy, the 2024 manifesto launched…
‘A non-dom Budget would show Labour can tax without hitting most workers’
Expectation management is starting to ramp up ahead of next week’s budget and the messages coming out of…
‘Labour will turn Tory economics on its head, even within its fiscal rules’
At last month’s Global Investment Summit, held in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace, Rishi Sunak, sat alongside…
Labour: Tory autumn statement will not make families better off
by Alison McGovern It’s already clear that the next election will be fought on the economy. Up and…
Labour politicians calling for ceasefire put Starmer in difficult spot
Labour divided over ceasefire call Good morning. The news continues to be dominated by the horrific news coming…
Conference morning roundup: Rule change passes ahead of Reeves’ speech
Good morning. It’s the 2nd full day of Labour Party conference here in Liverpool, and the proceedings will…
‘How to make the green transition – without the mistakes of the 1980s’
Where a worker is in the world right now plays a pivotal role in shaping their experience amid…
Labour roundup: Scotland poll boost, Nowak’s wealth tax push and Momentum’s finances
“The Scottish National Party and Labour are tied on 35% each...only the second Westminster Voting Intention Poll publicly…
