The Conservatives are destroying themselves – and the British economy
Even if Labour wins the next election it risks inheriting a wasteland after two more years of Tory government.
ByKwasi Kwarteng
Leader: Unserious government for serious times
In a new era of permanent crisis, voters crave security, not Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s free-market utopianism.
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The Bank of England has been forced into a dangerous position
If investors believe the Bank is no longer able to control monetary policy, the UK’s economic crisis will deepen.
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Jess Phillips’ Diary: An alcohol-free Labour conference and trickle-up economics
For the first time in my political career I feel that Labour is now a united, fighting force. Three cheers…
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Who is authentically black if not Kwasi Kwarteng?
The Labour MP Rupa Huq’s comments about the Chancellor imply that black people occupy the lowest rungs of society and…
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Liz Truss and the rise of the libertarian right
The free-market thinkers and ideas behind the most radical economic experiment in Britain for 40 years.
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“There’s only so much money you can spend”: why high fliers hate the top-rate tax cut
Highly paid City workers say the tax cut is wasted on them.
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Sorry, but the Tories haven’t deliberately crashed the pound
They have accidentally crashed it though – which speaks to their economic ineptitude.
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Voters no longer trust the Conservative Party to manage the economy
Many of the headline measures announced by Kwasi Kwarteng are actually popular – but the mini-budget overall is not.
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The Conservatives are lost in a fantasy world and are a danger to the country
The virus that infected the Tories during the Brexit years has led to ever more delusional beliefs.
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The Bank of England is right to hold its nerve
It is not the job of central bankers to bail out a reckless government.
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Labour shouldn’t celebrate the Tories’ economic failures
If Keir Starmer wins the next election turmoil could ruin the ambitions he is setting out at his party conference.
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Kwasi Kwarteng forgot that radicalism needs to be matched by credibility
As shadow chancellor I always remembered a crucial truth: the markets do not like surprises.
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How the pound has plummeted against the dollar
Sterling is now worth just $1.07 – a fall of almost 10 per cent in one month.
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Financial markets have rejected the Tories’ economic vandalism
The slide in sterling indicates that traders are cynical about Liz Truss’s big gamble on growth.
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The UK is heading for an economic calamity
Kwasi Kwarteng’s reckless Budget is set to trigger a surge in interest rates that will hurt households when they can…
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Mini-budget 2022 summary: Kwasi Kwarteng’s major tax cut plans – as it happened
Follow the latest updates on the government's mini-Budget, with analysis and commentary from the New Statesman politics team.
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Kwasi Kwarteng’s plan for growth was a bad idea 50 years ago
Anthony Barber thought he could make huge tax cuts without encouraging inflation. He was proved wrong.
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As Britain faces a hard winter, the 1 per cent will get richer
That is Kwasi Kwarteng’s logic.
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Kwasi Kwarteng’s “mini-Budget” benefits men more than women
This government has made its priorities clear.
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