Labour’s post-Budget dilemma
Rachel Reeves has ruled out additional tax rises and borrowing – does that mean bringing back austerity?
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How “moral distress” is spreading in the Scottish NHS
In Scotland, medics find they are simply prevented from helping patients in ways they deserve.
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What would Labour do differently?
The party is standing by its commitment to reconfigure the way the public finances are measured.
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The Conservatives still look doomed
Jeremy Hunt’s Budget lacked a sharp-edged election argument capable of troubling Labour.
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The Budget showed Labour is setting the political rhythm
Jeremy Hunt stole the opposition’s main tax rises and avoided cutting overall public spending.
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How will Labour respond to the Budget?
Jeremy Hunt’s tax cuts will re-inject ideological division ahead of the election.
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Is the Tories’ plan to cut National Insurance again an act of insanity?
The move is as much about trapping Labour as it is about winning votes.
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Sunak’s latest rebrand will fail for the same reason all the others have
The Prime Minister wants to turn himself into a defender of British values against extremism – but there is already…
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