Sue Gray is out: will this solve Labour’s problems? – podcast | News
From talk of freebies and donors to anger over winter fuel cuts, Labor's first few months in power have been surprisingly eventful. And alongside these headlines, there are also rumors that things are far from smooth inside Downing Street due to a power struggle between two of Starmer's top aides, strategy director Morgan McSweeney and […]
Doubts grow over Labour’s VAT plan for private schools | Private schools
Unions, tax experts and schools say the government's plan to impose a value-added tax on private schools from January 1 next year will cause administrative chaos and job losses for teachers if the deadline is met, putting pressure on the state sector. Due to warnings from leaders, it may have to be postponed. The Treasury […]
Will Labour’s cold winter of cuts be worth it? – podcast | News
Keir Starmer has spoken a lot about “tough decisions” since becoming chancellor this summer. Some of his MPs were soon forced to make tough decisions in the vote on the two-child benefit cap: Seven Labour MPs who rebelled against party line and voted to lift the cap were stripped of their party mandate. Then the […]
The Guardian view on winter fuel payments: a mess of Labour’s own making over benefit cuts | Editorial
circleFuel payments for all pensioners are Gordon Brownwas one of the last Labour government's greatest achievements. During the harsh winter of the miners' strike, he became keenly aware of the devastating impact that means testing would have on older people. New Labour has Million pensioners Lifting ourselves out of relative poverty. It is odd that […]
‘I didn’t expect to win’: Labour’s new MPs adjusting to Commons life | Labour
IOn a sunny day in Norfolk, Peter Princely, the first Labour member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, was about to examine a 90-year-old man's nostrils. But before he could get out his microscope to see what was causing the man's chronic nosebleeds, the patient had something to say. “Congratulations on your appointment!” said Tony […]
Why UK Labour’s win is a shot in the arm for Democrats
Something shifted in British public opinion this weekend. Unlike the last time Labour defeated a long-running Conservative government, there were no street parties or jubilant scenes to welcome the new Labour government.partyIt took place at London’s Royal Festival Hall in 1997. But a weight seems to have been lifted as the new Prime Minister, Keir […]
The Guardian view on Labour’s landslide: becoming the change the country needs | Editorial
“WHe ran as a changed Labour candidate.” Declared “We will govern as a changed Labour Party,” Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Friday morning, shortly after Chancellor Rishi Sunak publicly conceded defeat. Starmer has yet to say what this change will be. But the Labour leader has presented himself as a Prime Minister ready […]
Labour’s NHS and social care plans will save money, says Angela Rayner | Labour
Angela Rayner said Labour’s NHS and social care plan would save money “without worrying about being cost neutral”. The party’s plans for funding the health service have been criticised by some think tanks for falling “far short” of what is needed to improve it. Trade unions and social care bosses say the sector is “broken” […]
The Guardian view on Labour’s economic plans: a response too small for the challenge the UK faces | Editorial
○On Tuesday night, Rachel Reeves delivered an important speech in the City of London, in which she provided insight into Labour’s economic thinking. In Meiss’s speech, the shadow chancellor told Britain:moment of fluxThis is comparable to the late 1970s, when one economic paradigm gave way to another. In many ways it was an admirably fluent […]
Hunt considers poaching Labour’s plan to scrap non-domiciled tax rules | Jeremy Hunt
Prime Minister Jeremy Hunt is reportedly considering scrapping the UK’s non-domicile tax rules in next week’s Budget, a move that would uproot one of Labour’s key fiscal policies. The decision is understood to be on a list of revenue options drawn up by the Chancellor and Rishi Sunak after economic estimates showed less money than […]