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with echoes from the new labour era. note from keir starmer to scrapping a totemic policy from the cameron era, the camp which stops parents claiming benefits for more than two children de cap. a changed tune when starmer was standing for the labour leadership as he talked about scrapping this. we labour leadership as he talked about scrapping thie labour leadership as he talked about scrapping this- scrapping this. we said over and over again scrapping this. we said over and over again that scrapping this. we said over and over again that our scrapping this. we said over and over again that our approach - scrapping this. we said over and over again that our approach to l over again that our approach to mothers would be to help them to work so they could be better off than they could ever be on benefit. does the new starmer approach sound familiar? amid stern faces, harriet harman could single parent benefits for new claimants in 1997, as the blair government stuck to tory sp
for the government as it will necessitate spending cuts or tax rises to stay on course for its debt target, yet it is also a problem for labour, given its own chosen debt rule. if labour were to win next year s general election, the party would almost certainly inherit very stretched public finances and this is why it has made some contentious decisions recently, such as watering down its green new deal investment pledge and also indicating it would not scrap the two child benefits cap. this policy currently affects 1.5 million children and it is estimated that scrapping it would cost around £1.7 billion a year. now, some economists argue that labour has erred in choosing this debt target. the second part is what is potentially wrong, that government investment, public investment, two things. one is very often there will be an asset associated with it, so even though it raises government debt as measured, there is an asset against that so net debt hasn t
commitments so keir starmer and our shadow commitments so keir starmer and our shadow chancellor rachel reeves had been very shadow chancellor rachel reeves had been very clear, we are not changing policv been very clear, we are not changing policy on been very clear, we are not changing policy on this. a been very clear, we are not changing policy on this- policy on this. a prominent commentator policy on this. a prominent commentator on policy on this. a prominent commentator on labour i policy on this. a prominent l commentator on labour sees policy on this. a prominent commentator on labour sees parallels and difficult decision making. we and difficult decision-making. we are and difficult decision making. - are exactly where we were leading up to 97 when labour had iron discipline on any spending promises whatsoever. this one is incredibly painful because labour ministers labour shadow ministers themselves have said what a grotesque policy this is but the point is tha
labour. , ., ~:: ~ labour. ken livingstone, 606 11,877..- labour. ken livingstone, 606 11,877. the labour. ken livingstone, 606 11,877. the winning - labour. ken livingstone, 606 11,877. the winning and - 11,877. the winning and independent 11,877. the winning and independent candidate i 11,877. the winning and | independent candidate for 11,877. the winning and - independent candidate for london mayor after the leadership ensured he was not their candidate. they eventually asked him to come back. there is nothing new about battles in the labour party and no doubt we will see more of them in the run up to the general election. keir starmer has a very clear view on this row over benefits for children. his values have not changed but the world has since, in his eyes, liz truss crashed the economy and soak fiscal discipline must come first. there is support for him in the shadow cabinet but also unease, words like disgraceful had been heard in the air this afternoon. i was very proud