#uk_labour — Public Fediverse posts

Useful to have thread on the OK things the new #UK_Labour government has done so far.
Not all of them are actually good and several are inadequate remedies.
https://mastodonapp.uk/@ProjectFearlessness/113299026905182324
But its good to have the list. As I said in a recent piece, "Between Hope and Disappointment", on #degrowth politics after #GE2024, they will do some good things but it's important we have no illusions about the bigger picture, wherein their policies are very much #Deckchairs.
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2024/09/25/between-hope-and-disappointment/

Predictably the (Neil Kinnock voice) 'LABOUR leader' has criticised his transport secretary for exposing P&O as a rogue company, i.e. for siding with workers.
#UK_Labour

@GeofCox
The collapse of credibility continues #UK_Labour #Starmer

Shocking improvisation of policy: the Starmer Reeves #UK_Labour "government did not carry out an impact assessment on cutting winter fuel support for millions of pensioners in England and Wales, the prime minister has said."

No assessment on impact of winter fuel payment cut - Keir Starmer - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce808nyry3do
#austerity #WinterFuel

Shocking improvisation of policy: the Starmer Reeves #UK_Labour "government did not carry out an impact assessment on cutting winter fuel support for millions of pensioners in England and Wales, the prime minister has said."

No assessment on impact of winter fuel payment cut - Keir Starmer - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce808nyry3do
#austerity #WinterFuel

Shocking improvisation of policy: the Starmer Reeves #UK_Labour "government did not carry out an impact assessment on cutting winter fuel support for millions of pensioners in England and Wales, the prime minister has said."

No assessment on impact of winter fuel payment cut - Keir Starmer - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce808nyry3do
#austerity #WinterFuel

Shocking improvisation of policy: the Starmer Reeves #UK_Labour "government did not carry out an impact assessment on cutting winter fuel support for millions of pensioners in England and Wales, the prime minister has said."

No assessment on impact of winter fuel payment cut - Keir Starmer - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce808nyry3do
#austerity #WinterFuel

Shocking improvisation of policy: the Starmer Reeves #UK_Labour "government did not carry out an impact assessment on cutting winter fuel support for millions of pensioners in England and Wales, the prime minister has said."

No assessment on impact of winter fuel payment cut - Keir Starmer - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce808nyry3do
#austerity #WinterFuel

Roll up to place your bets!
I wager that #UK_Labour will not repeal the anti-protest laws.
A bet I'd like to lose.

Britain now stifles peaceful dissent like a repressive regime. It’s time to roll back our #AntiProtestLaws | Linda Lakhdhir | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/10/britain-protest-laws-tories-climate-labour

"this Labour government was not elected to reduce a huge budget deficit. It was elected, in large part, to fix the NHS and other public services. A 'senior Labour source' said recently that Labour were elected 'first and foremost to sort the public finances'. This is nonsense. The election campaign was not about the public finances .... What the public were concerned about was the NHS."

mainly macro via @sjwrenlewis

https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/09/october-budget-3-in-presenting.html?m=1
#budget #deficit #NHS #UK_Labour

This is sound.

Editorial: How can we force a new economic settlement from Labour? | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/editorial-how-can-we-force-new-economic-settlement-labour
#UK_Labour #press #WealthTax