What will be in Hunt’s Spring Budget?
To stave off popular outcry about energy bills Jeremy Hunt could extend the energy price cap for a further three…
ByTo stave off popular outcry about energy bills Jeremy Hunt could extend the energy price cap for a further three…
ByBetter-than-expected growth this year is, paradoxically, a problem for Rishi Sunak.
ByPredictions for a bumpy year ahead from the New Statesman’s business editor.
ByThe PM’s current priorities are easy to achieve and do nothing to define his form of Conservatism.
ByAlbert Edwards warns that the government’s austerity has set the economy on a path to collapse.
ByThe government department spent £1.96m on a contract offering employees “affordable private healthcare”.
ByWhile Labour is setting the terms of the next election, the Tories are unable to move on from the legacy…
ByA record 7 per cent fall in living standards will hurt the public – and the government’s popularity.
ByImposing unnecessary spending cuts would trap the UK in an economic doom loop.
ByGovernments too rarely spend for the long term – a new institution could help change that.
ByThe moral case against spending cuts is overwhelming – and so is the economic one.
ByThe fiscally responsible approach is to build a strong economy through public investment and tax increases on the wealthy.
ByAt his first PMQs as leader, Sunak successfully evaded questions on where cuts will fall.
ByThe Prime Minister’s position is ever more fragile but Tory MPs have yet to unite around a candidate to replace…
ByGrowth does not have to require the hollowing out of public services.
ByThe Chancellor insisted today that “our position hasn’t changed”, but behind the scenes it’s a different story.
ByThe free-market thinkers and ideas behind the most radical economic experiment in Britain for 40 years.
BySterling is now worth just $1.07 – a fall of almost 10 per cent in one month.
ByFollow the latest updates on the government's mini-Budget, with analysis and commentary from the New Statesman politics team.
ByLike George Osborne, the new Chancellor has delivered another “tax cut for millionaires” but history suggests Labour may not benefit.
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