Tag Archives: Rachel Reeves

Planning and tax changes might suit delayed Westfield scheme

Posted on July 11, 2024 by insidecroydon

Does the growth-driven agenda of Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’s Labour government offer any change of fortune for Croydon? ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, weighs up the possibilities It should have been all so different: “Croydon’s future secured with agreement to … Continue reading →

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Inflation down to 2% – but it’s too late to save Sunak’s Tories

Posted on June 19, 2024 by insidecroydon

Two sets of figures were released this morning – one generally good news for the nation as a whole, the other spelling more doom and gloom for the Conservative Government under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. WALTER CRONXITE explains why The … Continue reading →

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There’s good reason politicians are more unpopular than ever

Posted on March 8, 2024 by insidecroydon

After a week of two budget debates, one in the House of Commons, one at Croydon Town Hall, ANDREW FISHER reckons it is time that our politicians stopped pretending… British politics are in a dire state, nationally and locally, as … Continue reading →

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Starmer’s Labour conference left lots of unanswered questions

Posted on October 12, 2023 by insidecroydon

A party preparing for government probably wants its annual conference to be dull. But as ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, discovered among the freebie tickets and the oil industry and hunting lobbyists in Liverpool at the Labour Party conference this week, … Continue reading →

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Reeves drops cost of living bombshell on New Addington

Posted on January 14, 2014 by insidecroydon

Rachel Reeves, the shadow minister for Work and Pensions, is spearheading the Labour Party’s cost of living campaign in Croydon against local Tories. Reeves was talking to Central Parade shoppers and shopkeepers in New Addington on Saturday about Labour’s energy … Continue reading →

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