The Latest Breaking News from Darren Jones

Labour Backtrack On £28 Billion Green Investment Pledge After Weeks Of Confusion

With a UK general election looming, the Labour Party are starting to persuade business and financial sector leaders that it can be trusted to grow the economy.

International Business Times UK · Feb 3, 2024

Labour’s mixed messages on £28bn green pledge put it in worst of all worlds

Tories watch on delighted as Starmer repeats figure while the shadow Treasury team distance themselves

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2024

The Guardian view on Labour’s £28bn green deal: don’t prove Tories right by ditching it

Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer wants to change his country for the better. That won’t happen if he drops his key industrial strategy for growth

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2024

The trouble with targets: immigration is a potential headache for Labour

Party has avoided numbers when discussing its policy but as election nears it will have to be more specific

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2023

Labour would cut net migration to 200,000 a year, says shadow minister

Darren Jones says figures are ‘extremely high’ and party would aim to reduce them to ‘normal levels’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2023

UK families hit with £1,410 ‘inflation tax’ hidden in Autumn Statement

It comes as the government were blasted for a “trojan horse packed with stealth taxes”

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2023

Autumn statement ‘set direction of travel’, says Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Laura Trott said the Conservatives wanted to ‘bring the tax burden down’ but would not say whether there would be future cuts.

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2023

Labour MP makes bizarre claim after MPs vote against Gaza ceasefire

A LABOUR shadow minister has claimed the party's MPs never said they didn't want a ceasefire, despite most of them voting for exactly that last week.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 22, 2023

'The arrogance is palpable': Senior Labour MP snubs Anas Sarwar Gaza call

A LABOUR frontbencher dismissed calls from Anas Sarwar and Sadiq Khan for a ceasefire in Gaza as they’re “not part of the shadow cabinet”.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 30, 2023

IMF says UK will have weakest growth in G7 next year

But Government says GDP is set to rebound faster than in France or Germany

Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2023