Economy will need to have improved quite a bit to be considering £7bn tax cuts. I'd like to see Labour raising more from inheritance/wealth and if it is possible to lower taxes, prioritise lowering i… (View Post)

The populist policy would be to avoid raising any taxes, or even cut some and pretend we can afford it. You won't find any Labour ministers saying no farmers will be harmed. (View Post)

Newborn baby feeding... (View Post)

I do wonder whether Labour should be a bit more forceful about pushing back on this. "We had to make some very tough choices this budget. But this wasn't one. We do think multi millionaires can … (View Post)

It's only a first reading? It's basically just an intro. Plenty of time for it to be amended or rejected. In practice failure to pass at this stage is closing the conversation. Labour have lots of st… (View Post)