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The Chancellor displayed the most astounding complacency yesterday. Eight years of austerity spending cuts mean that our public services face a crisis on a scale that has not been seen before in this country, from children’s services to…
As the Tories continue to wilfully ignore the devastation their policies are wreaking on our society and people’s lives, there was perhaps no choice for them but to downplay the spring statement. A full budget, as in Autumn, would again…
There was an air of unreality and complacency about Phillip Hammond’s spring statement today, showing just how cut-off he is from the real world. The Chancellor struck an arrogant, unapologetic tone as he kept his commitment to austerity…
This is shadow chancellor John McDonnell's full response to Philip Hammond's spring statement. Let me thank the Chancellor for providing me with an earlier sight of his statement. I say to the Chancellor: his complacency today is…
This is the full text of John McDonnell’s speech today ahead of the Spring Statement on Tuesday. Thank you all for coming this morning. Next week, Chancellor Philip Hammond will stand up in Parliament and deliver what he and his aides are…
Today Labour's John McDonnell used Treasury Questions to call on Philip Hammond to act as even the chancellor's own local council faces a funding crisis. The shadow chancellor pointed out that an APPG inquiry into children’s social care…
Yesterday Labour held a conference in London for members where the party set out its agenda to "take control" of the economy. Jeremy Corbyn vowed to reverse the "neoliberal ideology that drove the privatisation frenzy" and John McDonnell…
Updated at 1.30pm. Today John McDonnell will call for an "urgent change of direction in local government funding" and tell the Tories to stop "using local councils like human shields". The shadow chancellor will use a speech in Preston to…
The true scale of Tory failure on tax avoidance is revealed today with Labour figures showing the chancellor has missed his target by more than £2.1bn. John McDonnell demanded an "urgent change of direction" as he published research showing…
Jeremy Corbyn today piled pressure on Theresa May when he published his tax return, which showed he had paid nearly £50,000 to the exchequer. The Labour leader and John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, released full copies of their…
This is John McDonnell's video posted on Twitter from the snowy slopes of the World Economic Forum in Davos. He warned that a "social avalanche" would hit the elites unless they reformed a "rigged" system. I’ve just been to Davos with a…
The Labour Party should adopt a universal basic income as can act as a catalyst for a radical transformation to an egalitarian society based on community, sharing and the rejection of materialism. The debate around an unconditional payment…
