Rachel Reeves’ Mansion House speech offered nothing for most people
‘The state needs to be hands-on, and not leave it all to the pirates of City of London’
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Corporate vs human welfare: The story of Drax
There is no means-testing for corporate welfare payments.
Kim Johnson MP: The government’s ‘concessions’ on disability benefit cuts ‘do not go anywhere near far enough’
‘They would create a two-tier benefits system where people would not be eligible for support because they became sick or disabled at a later date.’
Brexit has blown £40 billion tax hole in public finances, confirming OBR predictions
Nine years on, it seems as though those who had rubbished ‘experts’ for warning about the dire impact of Brexit on the economy, could do with some quiet reflection.
Dawn Butler MP: To truly deliver on the promise of economic growth the government needs a proper plan for London
Levelling up is indeed vital, but it should not result in the levelling down of London
Rachel Reeves roasts Nigel Farage for backing Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget
“His party has been in parliament for less than a year and yet already they have racked up £80bn of unfunded commitments. They are simply not serious.”
5 key takeaways from Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review
It’s a spending review of some significance.
Kemi Badenoch asks if Liz Truss is still in the Conservative Party in awkward interview
‘Is [Liz Truss] still in the party? You tell me!’
Previous Labour governments transformed our cities. Now it’s time for us to radically improve our towns.
The fortunes of our towns and cities have swapped
‘Can you trust him with your future?’, Keir Starmer accuses Nigel Farage of setting out ‘fantasy’ economic plans
‘This time from Farage, the same bet, in the same casino, that you can spend tens of billions of pounds on tax cuts, without a proper way of paying for it’