Analysis Budget 2024: The tax rises and spending plans to expect as PM revises bus fare cap and reveals back-to-work package Labour’s first Budget since returning to power is fast approaching, with many of the policies Chancellor Rachel Reeves… Tom Belger, James Moules & Daniel Green 29th October, 2024, 8:00 am
Comment ‘How Labour councils can help Starmer and Reeves deliver their growth mission’ Economic growth is at the heart of our new government’s agenda, and rightly so. For too long we… Hazel Simmons 29th October, 2024, 6:00 am
Comment Sam White: ‘Budget 2024 leaves Reeves facing nine circles of fiscal hell’ In the ‘Divine Comedy’, Dante tells the story of the hero being led through the Nine Circles of… Sam White 28th October, 2024, 5:00 pm
Live blog Keir Starmer Budget speech: Key points and stream as PM vows tax rises to stop austerity Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned Labour must “run towards tough decisions” in the Budget, warning of tax… Daniel Green & Tom Belger 28th October, 2024, 11:15 am
Budget 2024 Budget 2024: ‘Tax booze, betting and tobacco to raise cash and public health’ Rachel Reeves is going to face the mother of all juggling acts when she comes to deliver her… Aveek Bhattacharya 28th October, 2024, 9:12 am
News Mike Amesbury: Labour suspends Runcorn and Helsby MP as police probe alleged assault Mike Amesbury has had his party membership suspended by Labour while both the party and police investigate an… Tom Belger 27th October, 2024, 6:38 pm
Comment ‘Why legalising assisted dying would create a “two-tier” system in our NHS’ As the Second Reading of my colleague Kim Leadbeater MP’s Private Members’ Bill on assisted dying approaches, I… Ruth Jones 27th October, 2024, 7:00 am
Comment ‘Wealth inequality threatens all of us – what can Labour do about it in the Budget?’ Periods of egalitarianism are the exception and not the rule in British history. Throughout its long and storied… Jack Jeffrey 26th October, 2024, 6:00 am
Analysis Budget 2024: What are Labour MPs looking for from Rachel Reeves? With the Budget only days away, Labour MPs are bracing themselves for what has been touted as a… Daniel Green & Tom Belger 25th October, 2024, 10:31 am
Comment Budget 2024: ‘Reeves has the nation’s morale in her hands, not just its finances’ Economists will say it’s illogical. They will point to inflation falling and salaries now climbing faster than prices… Ed Dorrell 25th October, 2024, 9:46 am