Will Labour raise taxes?
Taxes will rise whoever forms the next government, and that’s not a bad thing.
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Britain’s long search for growth
Since the financial crash the UK has failed to reinvent its economy. Can Labour break the cycle of low growth…
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Lower inflation figures won’t help Jeremy Hunt
The Chancellor is trapped: convincing voters the economy is improving, while acknowledging they do not feel it.
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Why David Cameron is challenging Rishi Sunak on foreign students
The Foreign Secretary is warning the PM that a crackdown on student visas will bring few political or policy benefits.
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The case for optimism
Britain can escape the age of economic anxiety if Labour is willing to ditch rules and embrace risk.
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What Westminster isn’t telling you about our GDP figures
Jeremy Hunt says the UK economy is back to “full health”, but Rachel Reeves claims we have gone from “no…
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Higher economic growth is good news for Labour
A faster economic recovery won’t save the Tories but it will improve Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’s inheritance.
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The economic consequences of the miners’ strike
The NUM’s defeat in 1985 marked the end of the social democratic era – and the creation of the market…
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