Starmer and Sunak neck and neck on the economy among over-65s as Reeves woos City with major speech
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak are neck and neck on the economy among those aged over 65, according to latest polling data.
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‘Labour’s desire to avoid tax-and-spend presents many constraints’
In his last budget before the general election, chancellor Jeremy Hunt proved the rule that this grandstand “fiscal event” is less about economic policy and more about politics. His goals were to improve the Conservatives’ electoral…
Budget 2024: Watch Labour’s new campaign ad on their key question to voters
Labour has released a new campaign video ahead of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's 2024 Budget, highlighting a key question the party hopes to put on voters' minds in the run-up to the election. The clip features interviews with voters on a high…
Budget 2024: Reeves outpolls Hunt as Tories face worst poll on record
A new poll by Ipsos has found the public favours Rachel Reeves as Chancellor over Jeremy Hunt, while Labour are 27 points ahead of the Conservatives in Westminster voting intentions. Some 47% of those polled said they intended to vote…
Watch and read Rachel Reeves speech savaging “Rishi’s recession” as UK economy falters
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves held a press conference this morning on the state of the UK economy, upping the ante for Labour attacks on "Rishi's recession" as new data shows the economy shrinking. You can watch back her speech in central…
Rachel Reeves rules out corporation tax hikes and vows business tax ‘roadmap’
The shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed to cap corporation tax rates at 25 per cent for the first term of a Labour government, and pledged a "roadmap for business taxation" within six months of taking office. She told a gathering of…
‘Starmer should leave fake tax cut promises to the Tories’
In all the conversations I’ve had in focus groups about the cost-of-living crisis, not once (I think) has anyone, unprompted, suggested that the answer was an income tax cut. In the last several years, I’ve spoken to hundreds of groups of…
‘Biden’s approval rating struggles hold lessons for Starmer and Reeves’
The Labour leadership has warmly embraced “Bidenomics” as the inspiration and proof point for its own economic and industrial plans in the UK. Yet their praise for US policy is not one shared by American voters. Recent polling here in the…
‘Labour will turn Tory economics on its head, even within its fiscal rules’
At last month’s Global Investment Summit, held in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace, Rishi Sunak, sat alongside the CEO of Blackstone Stephen Schwarzman, said: "I don’t think subsidy races are sensible. I’m a free market person, I believe…
‘Revealed: Voters trust Labour over the Tories to run every great office of state’
Cabinet reshuffles are delicate operations. Too much continuity defeats the purpose, but too drastic a change can signal desperation. The Prime Minister tried to strike a winning balance last month by appointing David Cameron as Foreign…
Autumn statement 2023 live updates: Labour stances on new Tory policies
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled his autumn statement in parliament today, setting out a budget and new policy announcements that could become key Conservative-Labour dividing lines in the run-up to the general election. Labour's Shadow…
Autumn statement: ‘Hunt pledged jam today and asked Labour to foot the bill’
In any fiscal event, there is a conflict between economics and politics. Today in the autumn statement, the Chancellor showed his colours, selecting narrow political appeal to the Tory base over the stable economics he has championed since…