The education minister has come under fire from both sides of the Commons for failing to confirm schools will not see cuts as a result of the new funding formula.
A draft version of Labour’s manifesto has leaked revealing the party’s plans to end the public sector pay cap, build 100,000 council homes and nationalise the railways.
Labour has put forward plans to recruit 10,000 extra police officers across 43 forces in England Wales – to be paid for through reversing cuts to Capital Gains Tax.
Labour would use £200bn of public funds currently invested each year in the private sector to “upgrade” the British economy, leader Jeremy Corbyn said today.
Former civil service chief Lord Kerslake has called for the Treasury’s financial management capabilities to be strengthened to tackle what he called “professional economists trying to be amateur...
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has suggested salaries paid by companies delivering public sector contracts could be capped as part of plans to reduce pay inequality.
Jeremy Corbyn has pledged that a Labour government would lift the housing borrowing cap on councils as part of what he called “municipal socialism for the 21st century”.
A Labour government would guarantee regional development scheme spending levels in line with European structural fund allocations over the next decade, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry has...
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has set out a plan for a network of regional development banks that would move major investment decisions out of Whitehall and into regions and localities.
Labour has retained control of a host of authorities across England but lost councillors after early counting from local elections across the country, with UKIP making the largest gains in seats.
UK prime minister David Cameron is “conning” the British public by spending the country’s aid budget on military and defence activities, the shadow international development minister has said.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for councils to take back direct control of local services, including the provision of utilities such as power and water.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said the Conservative government’s policies have created an “unbalanced and unsustainable” economy that would leave Britain vulnerable to another...
Shadow local government secretary Jon Trickett has warned the government’s Spending Review process to negotiate devolution deals may amount to an attack on local democracy.
Labour plans to accelerate the nationalisation of rail services by using break clauses in franchises to take operations into public ownership rather than waiting until the contracts expire.
Pensions expert Michael Johnson has called on public sector pension schemes to “get on the front foot” and develop further reforms in the face of a “cashflow crisis”.
Shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith has pledged to change the debate on social security to reflect that what he called a national asset that represents the “collective pooling of risk...
