Budget: Labour warned two child benefit cap to hit 900,000 more children by 2030
Labour faces fresh pressure to scrap the two-child benefit cap following its first Budget, after new figures showed…
Public Spending
Rachel Reeves interview: ‘There’s more to economic policy than tax and spend’
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has argued that there is “more to economic policy than tax and spend”, using…
‘Workers’ pay relies on business success – Labour must be comfortable with it’
“It’s not 1997 anymore,” was a phrase regularly heard by those of us who have spent much of…
Budget 2024: ‘If the Tories freeze defence cash, Labour can step up on security’
It is fair to say that few incoming Labour Prime Ministers have inherited more challenges in delivering what…
‘Starmer’s right on wealth creation, but Thatcher fuelled elite wealth extraction’
Last week, Keir Starmer praised Margaret Thatcher for seeking to boost entrepreneurialism. This week, he added that wealth…
Starmer’s full economy speech: “Labour will offer a new deal for the public”
Thank you, Torsten. It’s a privilege to speak at an event like this, dedicated to the biggest question…
‘Labour’s public service reform plans lack clarity – and risk derailment as a result’
The crisis in public services is visible to every British citizen. Waiting lists, crumbling buildings, exhausted staff. All…
Autumn Statement 2023: The three spending traps now awaiting Labour
The economics of this Autumn Statement do not add up. The Chancellor has all but undone a year’s…
Autumn statement 2023 unpacked: Where key policies leave Labour now
Jeremy Hunt has set out a raft of new measures in his autumn statement today, in a bid…
‘Reeves needs a BoE independence-style moment like Brown. Here’s one big idea’
If Labour wins the next election, the challenge it will face is clear. It must deliver a “decade…
