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economy

Zack Polanski speaking at the New Economics Foundation
News

Zack Polanski reveals three economic principles the Green Party will follow

Chris Jarvis
Today

Polanski has given one of the most significant speeches since becoming leader

Liz Truss

Liz Truss roasted after defending her plans for the economy yet again

Basit Mahmood
10 March, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

‘You collapsed the pound. Sit this one out’

Rachel Reeves holding the budget briefcase

Fabian’s column: Labour is delivering on the economy: Now it must sell

Marcus Johns
6 March, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Improving material living standards isn’t enough. Selling Labour’s economic agenda is politically imperative too.

gorton and denton
Opinion

A lesson from the Gorton and Denton by-election: Labour must improve people’s living standards

Patrick Hurley
2 March, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

After decades of economic stagnation, people want things to be different, writes Patrick Hurley MP

Rachel Reeves holding the budget briefcase
News

Jon Trickett MP: Labour’s fiscal rules are fuelling stagnation and political disaffection

Jon Trickett
23 January, 2026

A posture designed to calm nerves in opposition has solidified into a constraint that now shapes every major policy choice

A photo of an NHS protest with the Left Foot Forward logo in the top right corner
News

Letters to the editor: What progressives can learn from 2025

LFF Reporter
23 December, 2025

We asked progressives from across the political spectrum about what lessons they think we need to learn and how to fight back in the year ahead.

Rachel Reeves holding the budget briefcase
Opinion

This budget paid the political price up-front, but will the public feel the benefit by the next election?

Luke Raikes
2 December, 2025

Living standards are unbelievably important to all governments, but especially this one.

Rachel Reeves leaving Downing Street to deliver her budget
Opinion

The government’s budget is simply managing decline

Prem Sikka
28 November, 2025

The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth

Rachel Reeves holding the budget briefcase outside Number 11 Downing Street
Opinion

This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget

Prem Sikka
21 November, 2025

The chancellor has an opportunity to boost the public purpose and deliver redistribution

Brexit

Loss of business investment caused by Brexit by this year could be between £275 billion and £400 billion

Basit Mahmood
14 November, 2025

Far from unleashing a new era of growth and investment, yet more evidence shows how damaging Brexit has been.

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