How Labour’s tax wobbles may help the Conservatives to win back lost voters
The party has appeared incoherent on a fiscal policy set two years ago.
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PMQs review: Jeremy Corbyn hands Theresa May victory by walking into a tax trap
The Labour leader blundered by condemning the tax cut that John McDonnell refused to oppose.
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How the “end of austerity” presents a challenge to the Labour Party
The economic debate is moving towards Labour terrain, but the party won’t seize the advantage.
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Even George Osborne has forgotten what his time at the Treasury was really like
Old politicians tend to believe their own propaganda, and the former Chancellor is no exception.
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Ignore the headlines – George Osborne still defends cutting Britain to the bone
“We did get things wrong,” the former Chancellor admitted on Newsnight. But not – according to him – regarding welfare.
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Watch: Polly Toynbee demolishes George Osborne’s defence of austerity
The Guardian columnist railed against the former chancellor’s “despicable” treatment of the poor.
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Why the benefits freeze is the cut that politics forgot
The Budget doesn’t lift it, Labour wouldn’t reverse it – why is austerity’s harshest attack still going?
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Labour says the Budget shows it sets the political agenda. But the reality is more complex
Philip Hammond is trying to raise the question of which party would best bring about economic change. And the answer isn’t…
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