Jon Trickett MP: Labour’s fiscal rules are fuelling stagnation and political disaffection
A posture designed to calm nerves in opposition has solidified into a constraint that now shapes every major policy choice

With Conservative Party conference in full swing, a poll carried out by Savanta asked voters for one word that they most associated with the Tories. The result was pretty grim for Rishi Sunak’s party, with the word ‘useless’ the mosttest

“We are fed up of giving sub-standard and delayed care”

The truth is that the decline in the numbers of traffic police has led to a focus on those road offences that can be enforced by cameras.

Campaigners demand an end of the ‘race to the bottom’ from fashion brands

Hunt was defending Suella Braverman

“British comedy at its finest, British politics at its worst.”

When it comes to overall voting intention, the survey puts Labour on 45% of the vote nationally among all age brackets, with the Tories falling back to 24%.

“Heaven help us.”

‘The Conservative Party in 2023 feels a bit like a long-running sitcom limping into its final season.’

Truss is urging Sunak to be bolder and tackle the UK’s low-growth ‘crisis’.