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Below is the full text of John McDonnell's Budget speech. With limited time, let me cut to the quick. This is a shameful Budget. Whether you are a family in the food bank queue in Britain struggling to feed your children or a child in…
John McDonnell has been joined by Labour Party supporters and academics in signing a letter that proposes the introduction of a windfall tax on excess profits as a way of preventing Covid-accelerated destitution. The statement, signed by…
Keir Starmer is facing calls from Labour MPs on the party's left flank to offer bolder policy alternatives ahead of the Budget this week or risk being "outflanked" by the Conservative government. Socialist Campaign Group MPs Apsana Begum…
Shadow Treasury minister James Murray has suggested that the Labour Party would not support any tax increases in the next Budget being delivered by Rishi Sunak on March 3rd. In a BBC interview this afternoon, the shadow financial secretary…
The chair of the Forde Inquiry looking into the 'Labour leaks' report has announced that its conclusion is now delayed indefinitely as it has "recently been made aware" that the Information Commissioner's Office is investigating the same…
Labour MPs John McDonnell, Clive Lewis and Ben Bradshaw have come together with organisations and high-profile activists to urge Keir Starmer not to support Boris Johnson's post-Brexit trade deal as planned. The Labour leader confirmed last…
Labour's John McDonnell has demanded a ban on all private sector contracts being used for the UK's coronavirus response services in a bid to end "rampant" conflicts of interest that have been exposed during Covid. Calling for a moratorium…
Labour left organisation Momentum is set to launch a "support process" for suspended party members after one of its own top elected representatives was suspended by Labour this week pending investigation. Alan Gibbons, a member of…
Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has declared that he would be willing to be a witness at a party disciplinary hearing for a 'Jewish Voice for Labour' member who was suspended by Labour this week. Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, vice-chair…
Keir Starmer announced yesterday that he would not be restoring the whip to Jeremy Corbyn, arguing that the Islington MP had "undermined and set back our work in restoring trust and confidence in the Labour Party’s ability to tackle…
Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has called on the UK government to help struggling low-income families with debt – as the state did for bankers in 2008 – by indefinitely suspending household bill and council tax arrears. Setting out…
John McDonnell has warned that the Labour Party is "drifting towards a hell of a row over use of language" after the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn over his statement on the Equality and Human Rights Commission report into antisemitism…
