A wealth tax could create an emergency fund to get people through this crisis
The scale of the assault on living standards is truly terrifying. People are facing the biggest single-year fall…
Richard Burgon
Replace National Insurance hike with wealth tax on richest 1%, Sunak told
Rishi Sunak has been urged to scrap the planned National Insurance contributions (NICs) hike planned to take place…
Rishi Sunak is urged to spring into action in the face of out-of-control inflation
Rishi Sunak will unveil his Spring Statement later today, promising “security” to families in the face of the cost-of-living crisis. The Chancellor…
Get behind next manifesto “without equivocation”, Mandelson tells SCG MPs
Peter Mandelson has warned that Labour left MPs will have to “commit without equivocation to the democratically agreed…
Richard Burgon presents legislation to ban paid second jobs for MPs
Richard Burgon has today presented a bill to the House of Commons aimed at banning MPs from taking…
Raise taxes for top 1% to help tackle carbon emissions, Rishi Sunak urged
Labour MP Richard Burgon has called on the government to increase taxes for the top 1% of earners…
The government’s Covid plan has failed once again – Javid, it’s time for a Plan B
Earlier this week in parliament, I warned the government that it was sleepwalking into another deadly Covid winter.…
Labour’s focus on high streets, Britain’s “real middle” and a tax cut for Amazon
Labour is putting high streets at the centre of its economic plans. Anneliese Dodds announces today the launch…
To tackle inequality, Labour must lead the fight for a progressive tax system
The coronavirus crisis has not only shone a spotlight on the deep inequalities in our society – and…
Be bolder or risk being “outflanked” by Tories, Starmer told ahead of Budget
Keir Starmer is facing calls from Labour MPs on the party’s left flank to offer bolder policy alternatives…
