Rachel Reeves set to reveal government’s ‘stark’ spending inheritance
Rachel Reeves will set out the state of Labour’s spending inheritance from the Tories as the Treasury finishes…
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‘How Labour should approach the role of the OBR in government’
The legislative programme of an incoming government is often packed with large and dramatic measures, and Labour’s first…
‘High interest rates and strict fiscal rules box Labour in – but it still has options’
Labour is going to face a potentially existential problem if – as seems very likely – it is…
Six things we’ve learned from the spring statement
Today Philip Hammond used the spring statement to reveal the latest projections for the UK economy. He claimed…
McDonnell’s anger over Tories’ £2.1bn failure from tax avoidance clampdown
The true scale of Tory failure on tax avoidance is revealed today with Labour figures showing the chancellor…
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…
McDonnell demands infrastructure spending amid spat with BBC over “trite” questions
John McDonnell today demanded greater investment in public services as he came under fire in a BBC interview…
McDonnell’s green pledge shows Labour is now the party of the environment
This is part of a series of articles in the run-up to the Budget on November 22. The…
John Mills: Don’t believe the myth that Labour “crashed the car” – and how we can fire up growth to fund our NHS
Earlier this month government’s independent economic forecaster admitted it would need to “significantly” lower its estimates for the…
Austerity is breaking the NHS – so let’s give it the £23bn it deserves
As Britain’s health service staggers towards the fearsome – or at least flu-ridden – British winter, a pernicious…
