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JOHN McDONNELL admitted last night that his task of restoring Labour’s economic credibility was the “most important fight in a generation,” writes Luke James.
In a lecture at the London School of Economics, he said that Labour was committed to “bringing the government’s dayto-day spending into balance.”
But he argued that this would not stop a Labour government borrowing to invest in building, saying that it lays the foundations for future economic prosperity.
As the labour movement meets to remember the Tolpuddle Martyrs, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of train drivers’ union Aslef, says it’s an appropriate moment to remind the Labour government to listen to the trade unions a little more
The electorate see no evidence of the government’s promises of change, and the good jobs and decent pay that people are crying out for. Bold action is needed right now, warns SHARON GRAHAM
Under current policy, welfare cuts are just a small downpayment on future austerity, argues MICHAEL BURKE