Commons select committee members: Full list of Labour MPs picked for roles
Labour MPs are selecting their party’s representatives on parliamentary select committees this week. Members of committees, which usually…
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Reeves accuses Tories of having ‘covered up’ state of public finances from country
Rachel Reeves has accused the Conservatives of having “covered up” the true state of the public finances from…
Streeting: I’ll end ‘begging bowl’ relations between Health Department and HMT
Wes Streeting has pledged to end what he called the “begging bowl” relationship between the Department of Health…
Labour must not get ‘too obsessed’ with fiscal rules, ex-Treasury chief warns
One of the Treasury’s most senior mandarins under past Labour and Tory administrations has warned Labour must not…
‘Here are the government reforms Labour needs to deliver its missions’
Keir Starmer has promised a Labour government would do things differently; that his administration would be mission-driven and…
Autumn statement: ‘Hunt pledged jam today and asked Labour to foot the bill’
In any fiscal event, there is a conflict between economics and politics. Today in the autumn statement, the…
‘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…
A social rent freeze not entirely funded by the Treasury could be self-defeating
Salford has just submitted its response to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ consultation on a…
Starmer urges reversal of mini-Budget as Kwarteng brings forward fiscal plan
Keir Starmer has urged the Conservatives to reverse the “kamikaze mini-Budget” as Kwasi Kwarteng told Tory backbenchers today…
