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2 days ago · Labour faces fresh pressure to scrap the two-child benefit cap following its first Budget, after new figures showed the number of children affected could soar to around 2.5 million by 2030. The absence of the measure in the Budget prompted criticism from rival parties and some within Labour, while the Resolution Foundation published post-Budget ...
5 days ago · The letter, signed by people and orgs including John McDonnell, DPAC, Disability Wales and Unite states: The consequences of these measures will be devastating for the Disabled people affected ...
3 days ago · The day of protest concluded with speeches, opened by former shadow chancellor John McDonnell MP. “Whether the government likes it or not, we are going to win,” he said, to cheers and applause.
2 days ago · John McDonnell told Times Radio that he was “pleased” Reeves shifted on the fiscal rules to allow more borrowing for long-term investment. The left were ready to accuse Reeves and Starmer ...
5 days ago · Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP has criticised the UK’s Charity Commission for closing a probe into the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), a charity that described the government’s decision to restore funding for the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees as “obscene”.
2 days ago · Jeremy Corbyn, Ed Miliband and John McDonnell were never going to bring sleepless nights to a Chancellor of the Exchequer the night before the big day. In fact, in the years preceding Sir Keir ...
4 days ago · — John McDonnell (@johnmcdonnellMP) October 29, 2024 If I’ve got the government’s argument correct, the argument is that there’s a window of opportunity now between the decision by the Parliament and the implementation of this measure by the government.
