"The Tory party is not only in chaos, its policies are a disaster for millions of the people... as they seek to hang on, there will inevitably be arguments for a caretaker figure who can replace Liz Truss and keep their party in power for as long as possible."
Amid the deepest cost-of-living crisis in generations, our trade union rights – already some of the most limited in Europe – are under fresh assault from the Tories.
"The cost of living emergency we’re facing didn’t fall from the sky but has been engineered by twelve years of Tory policy choices" - Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
Jon Trickett calls for a program of investment, not cuts, as Kwarteng and Truss' budget for the super-rich sinks our economy.
The Thatcherite character of the new Tory leadership could not be clearer - we must challenge it, writes Sam Browse.
Ian Lavery MP analyses Liz Truss' disastrous start and the "truly frightening" consequences of her financial plans for the benefit the super-rich.
"We need a new budget focused on stabilising the economy and getting wages rising. Not one that puts the UK at risk for the sake of tax cuts for the rich.”
The Labour Assembly Against Austerity is calling for support for 10 urgent measures to tackle the cost of living crisis and to build a better economy and society.
"It will take the united strength, imagination and organisation of the labour and green movements to stop Truss’ climate vandalism in its tracks and to tackle the cost of living crisis."
"Reversing the fracking ban will not even lower our energy bills or increase our energy security, as Truss and her cheerleaders in the Net Zero Scrutiny group suggest."
