Going for growth? Labour groups set out competing visions for economic strategy Economics Competing groups of Labour MPs have published contrasting growth plans on Tuesday, just as Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership stood on the brink. Both the left-wing Tribune group of MPs and the more centrist Labour Growth Group published pamphlets setting out a number of ideas for growth and tax reform. Tribune’s report, led by former transport [...]
Labour minister: Life is s**t for young people Politics A Labour minister has offered a candid assessment of life in the UK in reaction to a news story about the costs associated with housing and raising children. In a post on X, Josh Simons, the parliamentary secretary for the Cabinet Office who co-founded the Labour Growth Group, said life for young adults wanting to [...]
In Starmer’s Labour, it’s backbenchers that hold the power Opinion Labour needs backbenchers who fight for growth, not just block spending cuts, writes Michael Martins in today's Notebook.