Chris Leslie Articles

It is just over two years since Ed Miliband greeted the election of François Hollande with the words ‘the tide is turning against an austerity approach’. The new French president, he said, offered a ‘different way forward’ and praised his determination to create a...

There will be no big spending under Labour, Chris Leslie tells Robert Philpot and Adam Harrison Chris Leslie is an improbable hate figure. With his affable manner and gentle northern accent, he is not obviously one of politics’ bruisers. Yet in June the Observer’s...

It now looks as though David Cameron’s promise to balance the books by next year will be at least £75bn wide of the mark. So it has become clear to me and my shadow cabinet colleagues that the settlements we will need to make following the general election will be the...

What is the right response to last week's elections? Much has been written about the meaning and the implications of the locals and the Euro elections. Quietly, but in a very assured manner, the Labour frontbench are making their strategic response. It is to continue...