Labour turns up the pressure on cost of living with Queen’s Speech amendment
Labour is looking to drive a wedge between the Conservative leadership and Tory backbenchers over the cost of…
Windfall tax
Miliband urges Tory MPs to back Labour amendment calling for windfall tax
Ed Miliband has urged Tory MPs to support a Labour amendment calling for a windfall tax on the…
Minister suggests people struggling with cost of living “take on more hours”
A government minister has suggested that people should be “taking on more hours or moving to a better-paid…
Sunday shows: Labour looking at common ownership, Miliband says
Sunday Morning Shadow Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband said Labour would not nationalise the big…
Government “negligently failing” on spiralling energy bills, Miliband says
Ed Miliband has criticised the government for “negligently failing” to act on rising energy bills and reiterated Labour’s…
“Go back to the drawing board” on cost-of-living support, Starmer tells ministers
Keir Starmer has urged the government to “go back to the drawing board” in its response to the…
Exclusive: UK voters support windfall tax on oil and gas firms, new poll reveals
Voters across the UK support the Labour proposal of introducing a windfall tax on oil and gas companies…
2022, year of the squeeze? “Broken promises don’t pay bills,” says Labour
The average household energy bill is predicted to rise by hundreds of pounds in April. In the face…
McDonnell joined by academics in letter backing windfall tax on excess profits
John McDonnell has been joined by Labour Party supporters and academics in signing a letter that proposes the…
