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Let’s start with an obvious point. The public does not think the benefits system works. Ipsos polling makes this clear. More than half (54%) think the benefits system does poorly at providing the taxpayer value for money (17% say it does…
Rachel Reeves is said to be on the verge of cutting billions of pounds from health-related benefits. But she has few good options for saving lots of money fast.
All the signs are that Britain is heading for another round of austerity. The BBC has today reported that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is weighing up welfare cuts. Following the Spring Forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility on 26…
Backlash from unions and activists has begun following a BBC report that the Treasury is eyeing billions of pounds in welfare and other departmental cuts amid expectations that the Chancellor's fiscal headroom has been wiped out. Insiders…
Change. With one simple word the Labour Party managed to capture the mood of the country and with it was swept to power on 4 July in a landslide. It’s been called a “loveless landslide”. It’s been pointed out the party won 63% of the seats…
Progressive governments across the world are learning a hard lesson: even if businesses and economists are patting you on the back, if growth is not felt by people across the country, you will not be rewarded. In the US, Democrats lost the…
You could be forgiven for thinking the Chancellor’s speech was to announce Labour’s new northern investment plan. For the past week, airports in the south east of England have dominated the headlines, with plans for a controversial third…
Rachel Reeves' backing for the highly controversial expansion of Heathrow airport is what's been dominating media coverage of her speech today, both in the lead-up and likely next few days. The fact Ed Miliband had what he himself called…
Parmjit Dhanda makes the economic and environmental case for why the government should back a third runway at Heathrow.
Rachel Reeves says she would be "happy to look at" Britain joining a pan-European customs area amid a push for a reset in UK-EU relations. Speaking on Sky News' Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, the Chancellor expressed her willingness…
A minister has joked that Davos is "just like Labour party conference", and said the Chancellor Rachel Reeves got a "very warm response" from business leaders. Minister for industry Sarah Jones said at a Fabian Society's conference on…
Joani Reid MP writes of her 'puzzlement' at some of her colleagues' comments about Reeves...
