Show of strength by new Labour prime minister after work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall said the government had to do ‘the sums’ before it could commit to abolishing the limit
Liz Kendall said the government had to do ‘the sums’ before it could commit to abolishing the limit
Watch them do the sums and declare that we can’t afford it. And thus it will become the first of many Tory fiscal policies that a Labour government decides to cling onto rather than throw it in the rubbish heap where it belongs.
They seemed to be softening somewhat on the cap, even Starmer himself had been making more open comments on it. I’ve seen some suggestions this was laying the groundwork for a “rabbit out of the hat” at the budget, either raising or removing the cap.
However, if the Starmer camp feels they still need to project strength and stability, the shift on the cap may now be jeopardised. They could now double back down on keeping it to not be seen as caving in to rebels or flip-flopping.
Time will tell. I hope I’m wrong but we still haven’t seen what the true colours of Starmer’s Labour will pan out to be.
Watch them do the sums and declare that we can’t afford it. And thus it will become the first of many Tory fiscal policies that a Labour government decides to cling onto rather than throw it in the rubbish heap where it belongs.
I’ll eat my words if I’m wrong.
It’s telling how they never have to “do the sums” for bombs or missiles.
They seemed to be softening somewhat on the cap, even Starmer himself had been making more open comments on it. I’ve seen some suggestions this was laying the groundwork for a “rabbit out of the hat” at the budget, either raising or removing the cap.
However, if the Starmer camp feels they still need to project strength and stability, the shift on the cap may now be jeopardised. They could now double back down on keeping it to not be seen as caving in to rebels or flip-flopping.
Time will tell. I hope I’m wrong but we still haven’t seen what the true colours of Starmer’s Labour will pan out to be.
Hopefully they stick to actually doing things they’ve planned for, rather than madcap populist impulse decisions.