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…
Rachel Reeves
£28 billion U-turn: Almost 30% of our readers say Starmer right to ditch pledge
Labour leader Keir Starmer’s confirmation that the party’s £28 billion green spending target is being “stood down” prompted…
‘Labour’s £28bn green plan was a potential liability. It is right to drop it’
Where the rest of Labour’s platform has been resolutely cautious and incremental, saving most of our fiscal and…
£28bn green U-turn confirmed as Labour says Tories ‘maxed out UK credit card’
Labour has confirmed it has ditched a £28 billion spending target for its Green Prosperity Plan today, with…
‘Why Labour should not roll back plans to close the private equity tax loophole’
This weekend the Financial Times reported that senior Labour figures had discussed rolling back one of its remaining…
‘Labour has looked to Biden for ideas. Could he also have learnt from Starmer?’
Among the unlikeliest of the 16,000 basketball fans that filed into the Capital One Arena in Washington DC…
‘Nottingham faces unprecedented cuts by government diktat – this is not local democracy’
When Nottingham City Council announced it was issuing a Section 114 notice in November last year, there was…
‘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…
‘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…
‘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…
