Clive Lewis slams Tories’ 14 years in government as an ‘unmitigated disaster’
‘David Cameron, George Osborne, austerity, Brexit, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss. It was an unmitigated 14-year disaster.’
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Majority of public say that the wealthy should pay more tax to fund public services, poll finds
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
Prem Sikka: A boost in the minimum wage is welcome, but more must be done to improve people’s material conditions
‘Despite the increase, the minimum wage will still be comparatively low, and millions will live below the minimum acceptable standard of living.’
Spain’s socialist deputy PM urges Labour to press ahead with workers’ rights reforms
‘If you fall into the dialogue of the far-right, the far-right wins.’
Here’s how Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement must offer hope
‘The government needs to recalibrate policies’
Securonomics: Why Labour’s New Economic Model is Exactly What Britain Needs
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.
Keir Starmer savages Liz Truss’ cease and desist letter in PMQs
‘It was actually crashing the economy that damaged her reputation’
Liz Truss’s attempt to stop people saying she crashed the economy spectacularly backfires
‘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 sends Keir Starmer cease and desist letter demanding he stops claiming she crashed the economy
“Bastions of free speech strike again.”
The government shouldn’t pin all of its hopes for economic growth on the finance industry
Such a strategy was tried in 1970s and came to grief in the mid-1970s secondary banking crash.