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Article thumbnail: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves during a walkabout and poster launch ahead of the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election. Picture date: Thursday June 22, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS ByElection. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
Andrew Fisher

The Labour Party wants to take away our hope - it is grossly irresponsible

Waiting for growth to turn up is not a sensible, cautious approach, but a recipe for failure

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Lib Dems close polling gap in safe Tory seat in Somerset eleven days ahead of by-election

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Tory ex-chancellors warn living standards will have to fall to bring inflation under control

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Hamish McRae

I was wrong about UK interest rates – economists like me need to understand why

Hamish McRae

Thames Water has been a disaster for 20 years. We're too late for renationalisation

Article thumbnail: CHELMSFORD, ENGLAND - MARCH 27: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to an audience as he attends a Q&A session during a Connect event at Chelmsford Boys Club on March 27, 2023 in Chelmsford, England. (Photo Jack Hill - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: CHELMSFORD, ENGLAND - MARCH 27: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to an audience as he attends a Q&A session during a Connect event at Chelmsford Boys Club on March 27, 2023 in Chelmsford, England. (Photo Jack Hill - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty arrive for the Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch annual party at Spencer House, St James' Place in London. Picture date: Thursday June 22, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Victoria Jones/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty arrive for the Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch annual party at Spencer House, St James' Place in London. Picture date: Thursday June 22, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Victoria Jones/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey attends the Monetary Policy Report News Conference at The Bank of England on November 3, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Toby Melville - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey attends the Monetary Policy Report News Conference at The Bank of England on November 3, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Toby Melville - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: The Bank of England is pictured in the City of London on May 11, 2023. The Bank of England is forecast Thursday to deliver its twelfth straight interest rate hike as it seeks to dampen high inflation but risks worsening a cost-of-living crisis. The institution's monetary policy committee will announce the outcome of its latest regular gathering at 1100 GMT, with UK consumer price inflation the highest in the G7. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: The Bank of England is pictured in the City of London on May 11, 2023. The Bank of England is forecast Thursday to deliver its twelfth straight interest rate hike as it seeks to dampen high inflation but risks worsening a cost-of-living crisis. The institution's monetary policy committee will announce the outcome of its latest regular gathering at 1100 GMT, with UK consumer price inflation the highest in the G7. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)