McDonnell set to face questions from Labour MPs over Brexit stance
John McDonnell will address his Labour parliamentary colleagues tonight as MPs return to Westminster after a turbulent conference…
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Margaret Greenwood: The Tories’ budget failed to help families and make work pay
The farce of the government’s u-turn on the national insurance hike for the self-employed has grabbed the headlines,…
Graham Jones: Tory cuts to housing benefit show the “nasty party” lives on
In the Tories’ cuts to young people’s housing benefit, the nasty legacy of Cameron and Osborne lives on.…
Unite: Whatever Hammond says today, the Tories refuse to reverse the cuts hitting women and the poor the hardest
As the chancellor, Philip Hammond, gets ready to deliver his Budget today, he would do well to remember…
Rachel Reeves: PM and chancellor have betrayed the “jams” but plough on with a £1 billion handout for the wealthy
Philip Hammond has abandoned his boss’s now famous “jams” (just about managing) families in the worst of all…
McDonnell pours the jam back on the Tories but Brexit and borrowing mean Autumn Statement is a serious day
These used to be spiteful and occasionally jokey affairs when Ed Balls and George Osborne slugged it out…
McDonnell: Welfare cuts show autumn Statement fails test of help for low-earners
John McDonnell said today that planned cuts to universal credit show the Tories will fail his first “test”…
UK to see “crisis of living standards” without overhaul of social security, new report finds
The UK is set to see a sharp rise in child poverty, worsening circumstances for low-income families and…
Smith pledges to reverse Universal Credit cuts as he unveils “triple-lock” plan to boost living standards
Owen Smith has pledged to reverse cuts to universal credit as he promises radical changes to a Conservative economy…
“I’ll deliver the biggest boost to the living standards of low-paid workers for a generation.” – Owen Smith’s speech in Milton Keynes
It’s a pleasure to be here at the Open University. One of the biggest employers to adopt the…
