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‘Bidenomics’ to austerity 2.0: what should we expect from the Budget?
In light of its retreat on green investment, DIANE ABBOTT MP dissects Labour’s economic priorities, questioning whether the promised ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ will materialise amid signs of continued cuts and massive spending on war
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks during the Labour Party Conference, Liverpool, September 23, 2024
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
NOW that the party conference season is over, the next major domestic political event is the Budget. Of course, everything is overshadowed by the ever-widening war being conducted by Israel, which effectively continues to have the full backing of the US and other Western powers, including Britain.
Judging by government rhetoric, it is extremely difficult to know what we should expect from Rachel Reeves’s first Budget at the end of the month. But the cliche that “actions speak louder than words” points strongly in the direction of more austerity. And, like most cliches, this one survives because it contains a kernel of truth.
It is a reasonable judgement to make that, in terms of PR, government economic policy is in disarray. A series of entirely different explanations for economic policy have been offered over the last 12 months.
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