How the labour movement reacted to the government’s autumn statement
Jeremy Hunt delivered his long-awaited autumn statement this morning. The Chancellor set out a large number of measures…
spending cuts
Autumn statement must deliver “fairer choices for working people”, Reeves says
Rachel Reeves has declared that the autumn statement needs to deliver “fairer choices for working people” and a…
Austerity is not the only game in town. We must look at taxes on wealth
We are deep in a cost-of-living emergency 12 years in the making, an emergency that is about to…
FBU: Staff shortages due to Omicron left entire fire station without firefighters
The Fire Brigades Union has revealed that a fire and rescue station was left without a single firefighter…
Labour councils are reinventing municipal socialism and trying to hold back austerity
If we are to prepare for power nationally then we should do more to crowdsource solutions to modern…
Labour should spread power and fight austerity by promising “first ministers” for each of the English regions
Our country is unequal and divided and a Labour government is the only cure. Austerity has opened up…
The single market is the best antidote to the toxic cocktail of Brexit and the Tories
As a Labour councillor in the frontline of the battle against Brexit and Tory rightwingery, I knew when…
The cruelty of universal credit represents how the Tories betrayed the north
The Tory government has failed the north of England on transport links, policing, health, industrial innovation and the…
John McDonnell: Chancellor must reverse £5bn bank giveaway to fund help for kids
This is the letter sent by John McDonnell to all council leaders today in the run-up to Labour’s…
Richard Burgon: Conservative cuts agenda continues to create chaos in our prisons
Our prisons are increasingly in the news, but sadly it is too often for all the wrong reasons.…
