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economy

Canary Wharf
News

UK economy in ‘horrible bind’ with no room for tax cuts or spending rises, IFS warns

Basit Mahmood
17 October, 2023

The think tank’s latest Green Budget reports warns that ‘high levels of indebtedness, failure to stimulate growth, and high borrowing costs’ are likely to lead to a protracted period of high taxes and tight spending.

Liz Truss
News

Liz Truss wants to deliver another budget

Basit Mahmood
17 October, 2023

Truss is once again advocating unfunded tax cuts and deregulation

Keir Starmer
News

5 big things we learnt from Labour Party conference

Basit Mahmood
11 October, 2023

Key developments from conference this year

Keir Starmer
News

Keir Starmer answers ‘why Labour?’ during conference speech

Basit Mahmood
10 October, 2023

“Together we will fix tomorrow’s challenges today,” Starmer told the conference

Reeves
News

Rachel Reeves says Labour will appoint Covid corruption commissioner to help recoup billions lost to fraud

Basit Mahmood
9 October, 2023

“The cost to the taxpayer of  Covid fraud is estimated at £7.2bn. Every cheque signed by Rishi Sunak…We’ll appoint a Covid corruption commissioner, a hit squad of investigators…to take the fraudsters to court…We want that money back.”

Hodge
News

Margaret Hodge on fighting extremism, challenges facing the country and what the next Labour government must do

Basit Mahmood
6 October, 2023

With nearly 30 years of Parliamentary experience, we asked Hodge about some of her proudest achievements as an MP, her views on populist extremism, addressing child poverty and inequality and what she thinks the biggest challenges facing the country are going forward.

Rishi Sunak
Opinion

The Conservative Party conference offered no policies to fix the country

Prem Sikka
6 October, 2023

The ruling Conservative Party might have reflected on its failures and offered fresher policies to rejuvenate the economy and heal social divisions

Liz Truss
News

Liz Truss will host ‘growth rally’ at Tory party conference

Basit Mahmood
2 October, 2023

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

Opinion

The collapse of Wilko also shows why we need to reform insolvency laws

Prem Sikka
22 September, 2023

Questions ought to be asked about Wilko directors paying £3m in dividends in the financial year to 31 January 2022 when Wilko made a pre-tax loss of £38.7m

Mark Carney
News

Mark Carney demolishes Brexit and Liz Truss’ economic policies

Basit Mahmood
18 September, 2023

‘When Brexiteers tried to create Singapore on the Thames, the Truss government instead delivered Argentina on the Channel’

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