Autumn Budget 2024: Updates and reaction as £40bn tax hikes and huge NHS boost unveiled
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is unveiling Labour’s first Budget since 2010 today, laying out new spending policies alongside long-promised…
Spending
IFS: ‘Sharp cuts’ likely under Labour to justice system and further education
A leading think tank is warning Labour and other major parties are “silent on the inevitability of cuts”…
General election: Tories launch attack ad claiming Starmer has ‘no conviction’
The Conservative Party has launched a new attack ad on Keir Starmer accusing the Labour leader of having…
John Healey: ‘Here’s why Labour is the real party of defence’
In this era of increasing threats to our security, prosperity, and values, we need a new era of…
Budget 2024: ‘If the Tories freeze defence cash, Labour can step up on security’
It is fair to say that few incoming Labour Prime Ministers have inherited more challenges in delivering what…
£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…
David Evans on why Labour is like a building site and polls are like perfume
Labour party general secretary David Evans says Labour has “radically” changed its doorstep scripts, tested out “new things”…
Tories rake in almost five times more than Labour in recent donations
The Conservatives have raked in almost five times more in private donations in recent months than Labour, new…
‘The government’s plans for post-election spending cuts are a trap for Labour’
This is a story about public capital investment. I know it might not sound like the makings of…
Labour rules out free school meals for all primary pupils despite MPs’ pressure
It is the definition of nipping it in the bud. Dozens of Labour MPs were reported last night…
