#Budget2017 Articles

Progress chair Alison McGovern MP examines the 10 most egregious failures in Philip Hammond's first budget Failure to even mention Brexit, the single biggest issue our country faces in the next 10 years. The Office for Budget Responsibility states that they have asked...

Labour cannot allow the Tories to claim their regressive changes to Britain's tax credit system help to redress economic imbalance, writes Ella Crine I love a good national statistic, or a graph. But when economic issues  strike me most, is when they unexpectedly...

The government's insouciance towards the future of Britain's chemicals industry post-Brexit may come at a great price, writes Mary Creagh MP After the chancellor delivers his budget speech today there will be a lot of talk about how the economy is doing following the...

All children should learn about the hidden story of the Matchgirls' strike, argues Lyn Brown MP The received wisdom is that the heroic London dockers of 1889 led the way towards social justice, greater equality and spurred the foundation of the Labour movement. In...