As budget battles loom, NHS reform can provide Labour with much-needed purpose
After months of unsteadiness, it suggests Labour and Starmer are learning to strike a better, more sustainable political balance.
Inflation falls below Bank of England’s 2% target for first time in three years
UK inflation fell to 1.7% in the year to September. It marks the first time inflation has fallen below the 2% target for three years.
Labour’s national insurance gamble will come with serious risks
Already, an allegation has arisen that Labour left parts of its manifesto ambiguous in order to avoid scrutiny during the election.
Keir Starmer warns budget will be ‘tough’ as he refuses to rule out employer NI hike
Keir Starmer has refused to rule out raising National Insurance for employers in the budget at the end of October. The prime minister was asked repeatedly on Tuesday whether his manifesto commitment ruling out an increase in National Insurance extended to employers or focussed specifically on employees. But Starmer told the BBC that Labour’s manifesto […]
‘Our public finances need tough love’ — Keir Starmer’s investment summit speech
Keir Starmer has vowed to take a “tough love” approach to Britain’s public finances, signalling he will not give in to critics.
Former Blair adviser says Labour’s lack of political narrative has led to ‘drift’
John McTernan, who was Blair’s political secretary in Downing Street from 2005-2007, said the government has “completely lost grip.”
Budget will prove whether Keir Starmer’s authority has survived winter fuel row
The below content first appeared in Politics.co.uk’s Politics@Lunch newsletter, sign-up for free and never miss this daily briefing. Labour Party conference voted today to condemn the government’s decision to cut the winter fuel payment for more than 9 million pensioners. The motion, calling for ministers to “reverse” the removal of the allowance from all but the […]
Keir Starmer promises ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ will follow difficult decisions
Keir Starmer is to insist that the difficult decisions taken by his government will lead to “light at the end of tunnel.”
Winter fuel payment cut was ‘right decision’ — Rachel Reeves’ speech to Labour conference
Rachel Reeves delivered a speech to Labour Party conference in Liverpool on Monday afternoon, insisting that the government’s controversial cut to the winter fuel payment was the “right decision.” Addressing activists, the chancellor said that when Labour took office, she was told a failure to act quickly to fill the “black hole” in the public […]
Rachel Reeves says she has ‘never been so optimistic about Britain’s future’
Rachel Reeves has said she’s “never been so optimistic” about Britain’s future ahead of her speech to Labour conference on Monday. Reeves will deliver her speech in the shadow of the row over donations accepted by the prime minister and a number of cabinet ministers — and against the backdrop of hostile briefings about prime […]
