Election 2024: Firms have ‘nothing to worry about’ on workers’ rights, Reeves says June 21, 2024 Rachel Reeves has told businesses they have “nothing to worry about” from Labour’s workers' rights reforms at The Times CEO Summit.
Worst (political) jargon of the week: The ‘working people’ June 20, 2024 Working people. What does it mean? People who work – GOTCHA. It can’t be that simple and sure enough, it isn't.
Election 2024: Will Labour change your council tax band? June 19, 2024 Labour's position on council tax is coming under intense scrutiny, amid calls to revamp the 1991 bands. Will the party have to re-evaluate them?
What is industrial strategy? And why do Labour think the UK needs one? June 19, 2024 Labour believes that a well mapped out industrial strategy is crucial to delivering economic growth. But does the UK really need one?
Labour will seek ‘improved’ post-Brexit trading terms with EU, Reeves says June 17, 2024 Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said that a new Labour government will seek to renegotiate aspects of Boris Johnson's Brexit deal.
National Wealth Fund will help create 650,000 jobs over five years, Reeves says June 17, 2024 Earlier this year the Shadow Chancellor announced the creation of a taskforce of experts to provide advice on crowding in private sector investment.
Who will bang the drum for free enterprise? June 17, 2024 For all their warm words for business, Starmer and Reeves share a bone deep belief that is the state the creates wealth and grows the economy, says Eliot Wilson When the result of a general election seems as certain as the outcome of this one, it is understandable that the private sector proceeds cautiously but [...]
‘Disastrous for the UK’: How the MPs’ pension fund abandoned Britain’s stock market June 14, 2024 Jeremy Hunt and Rachel Reeves have been squaring up to the UK’s pension sector in recent months with threats to strong-arm money managers into backing homegrown British companies - but they may do well to look closer to home.
Is Labour offering precisely what the country is craving? June 13, 2024 The contents of the manifesto were much the same - there were no ‘rabbits’ or anything else pulled out of hats.
Election 2024: Five things we learned from Labour’s manifesto launch June 13, 2024 Here are five things we learnt from Labour’s manifesto launch.