Rachel Reeves’ fiscal headache is getting bigger
Some combination of tax rises or spending cuts is likely to be necessary by the autumn.
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Keir Starmer’s great gamble
Can the Prime Minister keep Labour’s fragile coalition together?
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Winter fuel cuts: Labour conference ends on a sour note
Delegates voted against the policy today, but party operators remain optimistic.
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PMQs review: Starmer struggles to explain winter fuel cut
The political pain for Labour is not going away – if only the leaderless Conservatives could exploit it.
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Rachel Reeves’ great gamble
Labour’s “Iron Chancellor” has staked her credibility on spending cuts. But will she regret it?
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Winter fuel payments cause more trouble for Keir Starmer
Labour can survive a small revolt, but further unpopular policies lie ahead.
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Labour faces a winter of discontent over fuel payment cuts
There is anger and anxiety among MPs over Rachel Reeves’s austerity measure.
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Labour must be radical on public service reform
Rethinking public services can rebuild trust in the state – and rebalance our economy.
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English National Opera is a cultural lifeline – but we have been decimated by cuts
Arts Council England’s withdrawal of our general funding will have reverberations across the entire arts ecosystem.
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Inside the BBC reckoning over its economic coverage
With austerity looming, a review is investigating whether journalists have been prone to bias and misleading analogies.
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Councils will crumble under Jeremy Hunt’s spending cuts
Growth does not have to require the hollowing out of public services.
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“There’s only so much money you can spend”: why high fliers hate the top-rate tax cut
Highly paid City workers say the tax cut is wasted on them.
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Rishi Sunak’s resignation letter heralds the return of austerity
Beware the language of sacrifice from a man wishing to be the next prime minister.
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How generous was Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget and spending review really?
Beneath the surface of headline-grabbing announcements, the long legacy of austerity still cuts deep.
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Will the £20 Universal Credit cut become Boris Johnson’s government’s worst decision?
From food banks to Whitehall, the New Statesman reports from the front line of a life-changing policy.
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Conservative MPs have a familiar worry about the Universal Credit cut
As welfare is cut again, Tory MPs are haunted by the consequences of George Osborne’s 2015 Budget.
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