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"This is a global gas price crisis. But we are being hit very hard by it. And we are being hit very hard by it for a whole range of reasons. But fundamentally because the government has failed in its energy policy," Ed Miliband, the Shadow…
Rachel Reeves has accused Rishi Sunak today of choosing to "shield" oil and gas companies with a new "buy now, pay later" scheme for addressing rising household energy bills that "loads up costs for tomorrow". After it was announced that…
Below is the full text of the opposition day debate speech delivered by Rachel Reeves today on fraud and government waste. Millions across our country are facing a cost of living crisis. But while many are worried about soaring energy and…
Keir Starmer made it plain in a recent interview on LBC that he doesn’t believe in the “top-down” nationalisation of electricity. But the Labour leader is ignoring history. Rachel Reeves recently expressed similar views, declaring that a…
Rachel Reeves has declared that the resignation of Lord Agnew, over what the anti-fraud minister described as the "lamentable track record" of the government in tackling fraudulent Covid loans, is a "damning indictment" of Rishi Sunak…
Rachel Reeves has declared that a "big swathe or nationalisation" would not be the priority of a future Labour government because she is not convinced that it would represent "good value for money" for either taxpayers or service users…
Rachel Reeves’ first big economy speech of the year was an opportunity to lay out the themes the party wants to develop over the 18 months to two years before the next election. Light on policy announcements, it was nonetheless a…
Conservative rebels are considering publishing secretly recorded conversations and text messages to support claims of blackmail and intimidation by the government. A group of Tory MPs – dubbed the 'pork pie plotters' – accused the whips of…
Rachel Reeves put some more flesh on the bones of Labour’s economic policies today. While we await Boris Johnson’s fate, she set out how Labour would govern differently. Economic policy is especially important for Labour, as the party often…
Since becoming Labour leader, Keir Starmer has made consistent efforts to show that he is not Jeremy Corbyn and the party has changed. What better way of doing that than welcoming a defector from the Tories while Starmer’s predecessor is…
Keir Starmer has used a party political broadcast this evening to urge the public to "call time" on Boris Johnson's government, which he argued is "asleep at the wheel as families struggle with a cost of living crisis". Addressing the…
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are set to headline the Fabian Society's 2022 new year conference – 'Rising to the challenge: the left’s ambitions in Britain and Europe' – taking place in London and online on Saturday. The Labour leader will…
