Labour needs a radical alternative to Jeremy Hunt’s wages of misery
As ever more workers take strike action to defend their living standards, Labour must be on their side.
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The UK has become the sick man of Europe again
Britain’s economy is forecast to perform worse than any other in Europe next year.
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The UK is facing a living standards catastrophe
It is hard to think of a worse economic backdrop for a party planning a general election in 2024.
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The Tories are trapped with no good options
A record 7 per cent fall in living standards will hurt the public – and the government’s popularity.
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What will be in Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement?
The Chancellor is said to be planning up to £60bn of austerity measures.
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Labour must resist the siren calls of austerity
The party should enter the debate over the Autumn Statement prepared to fight and win an ideological battle.
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Escaping the austerity trap
Inflation is at a 40-year high and the UK economy has stalled – now is Labour’s moment to lead a…
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Ha-Joon Chang: “Talk of a ‘fiscal black hole’ is an insult to the concept”
The South Korean economist on the case against austerity and his new book Edible Economics.
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