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The Tory obsession with tax cuts shows they are bankrupt of ideas

The formal start of the Tory leadership election on Monday should serve as a critical wake-up call to the rest of our society about the profound and dangerous shift that has taken place in Conservative party politics. Given the unrepresentative nature of the present, much reduced Conservative party membership, with…

‘Tax Avoidance: Developing a Robust Response’ Workshop

This half-day workshop, hosted by the Labour Party Shadow Treasury team, brought together leading experts on tax avoidance. Participants included individuals who have investigated tax avoidance practice, campaigners, lawyers, policy specialists, and others along with members of the Shadow Treasury Team. The aim of the workshop was to deepen our analysis of how and where tax avoidance is…

Times Magazine Article

John McDonnell has always been a believer. As a child, growing up in an Irish Catholic family in Liverpool,he went to Mass every Sundaymorning followed by Benediction in the afternoon. There was no meat on a Friday, confession on a Saturday night and, as soon as he could lift the…

Tory leadership contest ‘race to the bottom’ on tax and spending John McDonnell warns.

The shadow chancellor warned that the Tories’ EU election mauling by Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party would lead to a further lurch to the right.

IFS study shows Conservatives wrong to plan tax cuts, says John McDonnell

The UK tax system does help reduce the country’s wealth inequality problem, according to a report released on Monday by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, but benefits still do most of the heavy lifting. The findings were seized on by the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, who said the IFS’s evidence…

Labour weighs up delisting UK firms if they fail to fight climate change

John McDonnell’s tough message likely to trip City alarm bells as party puts climate battle at heart of agenda UK companies failing to tackle climate change would be delisted from the London Stock Exchange under radical plans for greening the economy being drawn up by Labour. John McDonnell, the shadow…

Brexit: John McDonnell pours cold water on May’s customs union plan

Shadow chancellor says he has no trust in PM and likens Brexit talks to dealing with firm that is going bust The shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, has poured cold water on Theresa May’s plan to offer a temporary customs union to win Labour over to a Brexit deal, saying the…

John McDonnell speaking with Iain Dale LBC

High Court dismisses climate case against third runway at Heathrow Airport

The High Court has today (1 May) dismissed five claimants objecting the expansion of Heathrow Airport on grounds including pollution and climate change impacts, a decision criticised in light of the recent declarations of a “climate emergency” in the UK. The UK Government had been taken to court by a…

John McDonnell’s interview on Peston

On @itvpeston, I explained that if we secure a deal in the Brexit negotiations, we need to be able to ensure that a new Tory leader cannot come in and scrap it. #Peston #Brexit pic.twitter.com/NvIKOAZdoU — John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) April 11, 2019

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