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economy

Jeremy Hunt

Why the budget fails ordinary people and benefits the rich

Prem Sikka
16 March, 2023 (2 weeks ago)

Instead of addressing the real problems faced by people, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget has delivered the usual cocktail of austerity, low wages, higher taxes for the masses, and tax cuts for corporations and the rich.

money

Unite the Union reveals profits of Britain’s biggest firms gone up by 89%

Hannah Davenport
15 March, 2023 (2 weeks ago)

We are living in a ‘cost of profiteering crisis’, says Sharon Graham

Lisa Nandy

To deliver growth, Labour will need to overhaul the planning system

Anthony Breach
22 February, 2023

A housebuilding boom is key to growth. Planning reform is needed to make that happen.

A group of people on a stage with a sign reading four day week

Largest four-day working week trial shows it has been a huge success for businesses and workers

Basit Mahmood
21 February, 2023

Out of the 61, at least 56 companies that took part said they plan to continue with the four-day working week

Report finds workers on lower pay likelier to quit job due to ill health

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
19 February, 2023

The Learning and Work Institute is urging the government to ‘engage Britain’s 1.7 million forgotten workers.’

Diane Abbott MP: The Tory civil war has valuable lessons for the Labour Party

Diane Abbott
16 February, 2023

‘The civil war is limited in scope, but it is nevertheless vicious’

Brexit

Brexit cost UK £1,000 per household, according to Bank of England economist

Basit Mahmood
14 February, 2023

“Yes, we suffered much more. A bit of that is that we have this larger financial sector. But I think it really goes back to Brexit.”

Labour must use its growth mission to reshape Britain

Tom Collinge
13 February, 2023

‘The question of how we raise the funds for our ambitious plans will be absolutely critical to the success of a Starmer government.’

Rishi Sunak at the House of Commons despatch box at PMQs

Diane Abbott MP: This Tory economic mess will not heal itself

Diane Abbott
1 February, 2023

We must resolve the slump in living standards by reversing Tory policies.

A group of people on a stage with a sign reading four day week

A four day week is crucial to building an economy that respects workers’ wellbeing

Amelia Womack
6 January, 2023

‘We need to ensure that we are building a new economic model focused around workers and their wellbeing while also ensuring that they receive a decent salary.’

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