Starmer: Labour must speak for the 52 per cent as well as remain voters
Labour must speak to both sides of the Brexit debate, Keir Starmer said today, as he warned Theresa…
Living Standards
Len McCluskey: Britain voted for change – now we must defend working people while the Tories duck questions on Brexit
Four months after the vote, the only thing we know for sure is what we knew on the…
“I’ll deliver the biggest boost to the living standards of low-paid workers for a generation.” – Owen Smith’s speech in Milton Keynes
It’s a pleasure to be here at the Open University. One of the biggest employers to adopt the…
Millions in poverty in Tory Britain despite working full-time
More and more families with children are struggling to meet basic living standards despite having at least one…
Will the IFS criticise the way Tories measure living standards?
Yesterday during the Budget, George Osborne claimed that living standards are up from 2010 standards. Job done, he…
The Sunnyfesto
Yesterday, the Sun Newspaper set out its ‘Sunifesto’ for Britain; today here’s my response – a ‘Sunnyfesto’. (Note:…
Miliband calls for introduction of a new index to measure living standards
Ed Miliband has written to the UK Statistics Authority, calling for the introduction of a independent Living Standards…
Growth back to pre-crash levels – but a full recovery is still a long way off
Good news this morning from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), who confirm economic growth for the last…
Labour will act on living standards – and Europe has a role to play
One of the strange things about being an MEP during a European election campaign is how little people…
David Cameron’s cost-of-Christmas crisis
At the Downing Street Christmas party this year, David Cameron and George Osborne will no doubt be cracking…
