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Former chancellor Alistair Darling to be remembered at memorial service

Former prime ministers Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are expected to attend the service in Edinburgh along with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2023

Starmer’s £28bn green pledge is a vote winner. Labour must ignore Tory attacks and keep the faith

Strategists are getting nervous, but energy efficiency and kickstarting growth are important to voters, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2023

Old-fashioned capitalism can’t help Britain’s lost workers get back in a job

The drive to make ill and disabled people productive again needs joined-up thinking, not a punitive regime of sanctions

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2023

Keir Starmer: Labour ‘won’t turn on spending taps’ if it wins election

Labour leader to warn that Britain is in worst economic state for over 50 years and spending will need to be constrained

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023

Rachel Reeves: Alistair Darling warned me not to fall into ‘Tory traps’

Shadow chancellor reveals Darling helped shape Labour party’s current policies before his death this week

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023

A Labour government would consider new powers to prevent ‘banking deserts’

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said her party wants to ensure ‘every community has access to high street banking services’.

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2023

Where do we find the £100bn needed to fix Britain? Margaret Hodge has the answer

In the Commons, she ripped into the Tories’ economic mismanagement – and pointed a way forward for Labour, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023

Culture is not trivial, it’s about who we are. That’s why Labour needs a plan to save the arts

Music, theatre and art have been crushed by years of Tory cuts. They need to be nurtured again with purpose and with pride, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2023

After years of Tory failure, getting Britain growing again will be Labour’s greatest test

A Starmer government will inherit a nation with miserable productivity, emasculated public services, big debts, high tax levels and acute inequalities

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2023

Labour deny reports Keir Starmer pushing to water down £28 billion green plans

Labour have denied reports that Keir Starmer could U-turn on the party’s pledge to spend £28 billion a year on green initiatives.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 25, 2023