How trade unions responded to the budget
“Today’s budget is a vital first step towards the growth, jobs and living standards working people desperately need.”
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5 key takeaways from Labour’s first budget in 14 years
Chancellor Rachel Reeves laid out her plans to rebuild Britain once more, as she set out Labour’s policies to repair public services, help those struggling to make ends meet and repair the economy.
IPPR: Why Labour’s first budget in 14 years gives us cause for hope
‘We must celebrate the wins when they come, but the case for bold ambition on areas such as fair taxation and the green transition must be made and remade throughout the course of this parliament.’
Budget 2024: Here’s how Rachel Reeves could re-build our economy, rescue public services and deliver the green transition
Adrian Ramsay explains what the Green Party would put forward in this year’s budget
The Chancellor must use the budget to abandon neoliberal policies
Chancellors come and go but the crisis has deepened because they have all become slaves to neoliberal dogmas
New Economics Foundation: Here’s what Rachel Reeves needs to do in the budget to fix our economy
The chancellor has a unique opportunity to set the country on a course toward greater resilience, better living standards and ecological sustainability. Here’s what we hope she will address next week.
Buds of change
Labour’s next task is to address the maladies that have scarred the country for the last decade and beyond
Why the UK’s regulatory system is an expensive farce
Accountants, lawyers and financial services experts are central to the flow of dirty money.
Economic slump caused by Brexit is worsening, economists warn
‘The negative impacts of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement have intensified over time, with 2023 showing more pronounced trade declines than previous years.’
Labour’s current fiscal rules prevent the investment sorely needed for public services
This week a group of eight senior economists echoed the unions’ warning, arguing that fiscal plans inherited by Labour will reduce investment spending as a share of GDP, repeat earlier mistakes, backfire and undermine growth.