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Cutting welfare goes against Labour’s core values – that’s the point
House of Commons/Flickr, CC BY-ND “It’s one thing to say the economy is not doing well and we’ve got a fiscal challenge … but cutting…
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Labour has bet big on green industrial policy. But there may be there cheaper ways to net zero
Labour’s first budget in 15 years included a highly anticipated change to the so-called fiscal rules which constrain how much the government can borrow or…
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Class identity: why fancy freebies are a bigger political problem for this Labour government than its Tory predecessors
While much of the intense media coverage of the UK government’s freebies scandal might be attributable to overzealous scrutiny by a predominantly right-of-centre printed press,…
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Why the Labour government has run aground so quickly – and what it needs to do to get back on course
Many prime ministers at some point find themselves in a situation where nothing they do seems to go right. It happened to Jim Callaghan in…
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Torsten Bell is Labour’s rising star. He could now be on a collision course over its economic policy
The Labour MP Torsten Bell is widely considered to be a rising star of the party. His recent book, Great Britain? How We Get Our…
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Top Labour MP resigns, decrying ‘greed and power’ of Starmer’s party
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is about “greed and power,” a top MP said Sunday after resigning over the leader’s austerity measures and…
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What’s The Tory? Can The Next Conservative Leader Capitalise On Labour’s Woes?
The 4 remaining Conservative Leadership contenders, (L- R) Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly, Kemi Badenoch, Tom Tugendhat. Maybe the Conservatives don’t really need a new leader,…
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Labour is meeting for its first conference in government for over a decade – but will the faithful still be in the mood for a party?
The Labour party is gathering in Liverpool for its first annual conference in government for 15 years. The party faithful ought to make the most…
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BBC Presenter Slams Labour For Making Pensioners ‘Suffer’ With Cuts To Winter Fuel Payments
Sally Nugent cornered Ellie Reeves over winter fuel payments BBC Breakfast presenter Sally Nugent called out Labour’s party chair over the government’s divisive decision to…
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Tony Blair’s NHS dream? Fewer GPs, more chatbots
LONDON — Tony Blair proposes closing most local GP surgeries and replacing them with super primary care centers, a leaked report shows. The former prime…
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