IndyRef2, party membership and Corbyn’s staff – Alice Perry’s latest NEC report
Labour’s NEC met on 21 March. Jeremy Corbyn, Tom Watson and the NEC agreed that party unity and…
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Tories post 19 point lead over Labour after Budget and NICs U-turn shambles
The Conservatives have increased their lead over Labour to 19 points after the Budget and subsequent U-turn on…
McDonnell: The regions are being robbed of their greatness by Tory economic failure
This is the full text of the speech the shadow chancellor John McDonnell gave to the Labour New…
Margaret Greenwood: The Tories’ budget failed to help families and make work pay
The farce of the government’s u-turn on the national insurance hike for the self-employed has grabbed the headlines,…
Philip Hammond’s popularity takes a hammering after ham-fisted Budget
The chancellor’s popularity has dropped in the latest polling after the Budget. In a survey taken after his…
John McDonnell: Hammond backed down – now the super-rich and the giant corporations must be targeted for tax
Phillip Hammond’s u-turn on the £2bn national insurance contributions (NICs) hike for the self-employed will be a relief to…
McDonnell: Budget u-turn shows Corbyn’s Labour winning the argument on austerity
Philip Hammond’s humiliating Budget u-turn shows Jeremy Corbyn is pushing back the government against the tide of Tory austerity,…
Tories fined £70,000 over “numerous failures” in election expenses
The Tories have been fined £70,000 after a damning investigation confirmed they broke rules on election expenses. Today…
McDonnell, McCluskey and Rachel Reeves join chorus of criticism after chancellor humiliated in Budget u-turn
Philip Hammond has been humiliated, Labour said today, after the chancellor scrapped a key Budget tax rise just…
Hammond’s humiliation over national insurance proves the Tories are out of touch, writes a self-employed worker
I have been arguing for long time that Labour should consider itself to be playing at home when…
