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£10 notes pegged to a washing line
News

Majority of public say that the wealthy should pay more tax to fund public services, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
25 March, 2025

A majority of the public believe that the wealthy should pay more tax to fund public services, a new poll has found. The poll was carried out by Focaldata for the TUC, which found that 71% of the public believetest

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

Prem Sikka: A boost in the minimum wage is welcome, but more must be done to improve people’s material conditions

Prem Sikka
21 March, 2025

‘Despite the increase, the minimum wage will still be comparatively low, and millions will live below the minimum acceptable standard of living.’

News

Spain’s socialist deputy PM urges Labour to press ahead with workers’ rights reforms

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
16 March, 2025

‘If you fall into the dialogue of the far-right, the far-right wins.’

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

Here’s how Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement must offer hope

Prem Sikka
7 March, 2025

‘The government needs to recalibrate policies’

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

Securonomics: Why Labour’s New Economic Model is Exactly What Britain Needs

Chris Worrall
3 March, 2025

If Britain is to regain its position as a world leader in innovation, industry, and growth, then it needs bold, intelligent economic thinking—not the tired slogans of economic nationalism.

A photo of Keir Starmer speaking at Prime Minister's Questions today
News

Keir Starmer savages Liz Truss’ cease and desist letter in PMQs

Olivia Barber
15 January, 2025

‘It was actually crashing the economy that damaged her reputation’

Liz Truss
News

Liz Truss’s attempt to stop people saying she crashed the economy spectacularly backfires

Basit Mahmood
10 January, 2025

‘I guess the question is whether she will be writing to millions of people up and down the country as well over her economic record which put mortgage bills up.’

Liz Truss
News

Liz Truss sends Keir Starmer cease and desist letter demanding he stops claiming she crashed the economy

Basit Mahmood
9 January, 2025

“Bastions of free speech strike again.”

Canary Wharf
Opinion

The government shouldn’t pin all of its hopes for economic growth on the finance industry

Prem Sikka
9 December, 2024

Such a strategy was tried in 1970s and came to grief in the mid-1970s secondary banking crash.

A photo of Keir Starmer making a speech at a lectern.
News

‘Starmer must avoid Biden’s strategic mistake’: Reactions to Keir Starmer’s ‘Plan for Change’

Olivia Barber
6 December, 2024

‘Unless economic growth delivers material benefits for more of us, Starmer risks suffering the same fate as US President Biden.’

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