Comment Budget 2024: ‘How Rachel Reeves will turn the page on the Tories’ economic illiteracy’ As Rachel Reeves delivers the first Labour Budget in nearly fifteen years today, she will demonstrate what Labour… Nathan Boroda 30th October, 2024, 6:00 am
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
Budget 2024 Budget 2024: Reeves ‘considering £40bn tax hikes and spending cuts’ – but falling inflation relieves pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves is looking at making £40bn worth of tax rises and spending cuts in the upcoming Budget… James Moules 16th October, 2024, 8:04 am
Budget 2024 Budget 2024: £25bn tax rises needed to avoid austerity, think tank warns Rachel Reeves could be forced to raise billions of pounds in additional tax revenue if she wishes to… James Moules 10th October, 2024, 8:18 am
News 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… Katie Neame 17th November, 2022, 3:53 pm
News 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… Katie Neame 16th November, 2022, 10:30 pm
Comment Why Labour should be calling for a hike in corporation tax Is there a contradiction between a leadership candidate whose number one election pledge was “increase income tax for… Andrew Fisher 25th February, 2021, 12:53 pm
News McDonnell: Budget u-turn shows Corbyn’s Labour winning the argument on austerity Philip Hammond’s humiliating Budget u-turn shows Jeremy Corbyn is pushing back the government against the tide of Tory austerity,… Peter Edwards 16th March, 2017, 1:00 pm
Comment Long-Bailey’s tussle with Marr shows why Labour must focus on fiscal credibility The words “fiscal credibility” do not set the heart racing but they are at the heart of every… Peter Edwards 13th March, 2017, 9:36 am
News Did David Cameron use his speech on steps of Downing St to attack Labour with “totally made up figures”? After visiting the Queen at noon today to confirm the dissolution of Parliament, David Cameron made an election… 30th March, 2015, 1:41 pm