Jon Cruddas has today argued, as part of his independent inquiry into Labour’s election loss, that ‘the Tories didn’t win despite austerity, they won because of it. Voters did not reject Labour because they saw it as austerity lite. Voters rejected Labour because they perceived the Party as anti-austerity lite.’ Read more…
By Mike Hedges, Vice-Chair, Labour Assembly Against Austerity The General Election result was not an endorsement of austerity but was a stunning Tory tactical success. The Tories adopted a policy of defending key marginal seats against Labour and UKIP and attacking in Liberal Democrat seats. The strategy worked and lead Read more…
Ten newly-elected first-time MPs have written to The Guardian at the outset of the leadership election to state that Labour needs to ‘challenge cuts’ and set out an ‘alternative to austerity’ if it is to win back the five million votes lost since 1997. LETTER: Having arrived in Westminster as newly-elected Read more…
George Osborne’s latest Budget includes the threat to implement greater austerity measures in the next Parliament, than has been done in any single year to date. It is important to correctly identify this ferocious plan. The average annual change on public sector current expenditure over the course of this Coalition Read more…
As opposition to austerity gathers momentum across Europe, there is evidence the same mood is taking hold in the UK. Political parties in Greece, Spain and Ireland – three of the countries suffering from the worst austerity measures – have risen to prominence on the back of unambiguous opposition to Read more…
A number of Labour MPs have released a statement calling for an alternative to austerity and spending cuts – as reported on LabourList. 1. An alternative to the continuation of austerity and spending cuts till 2019-20 All three main parties, tragically, seem to agree that deep spending cuts must Read more…