Peter Sloman
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- It's a pleasure to contribute to Renewal's special issue on Labour in power (though unfortunately it's behind a paywall)
- SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: with the Labour government facing increasingly painful trade-offs on taxes and spending, Peter Sloman (@pjsloman.bsky.social) discusses the sources and limitations of the Starmer-Reeves approach to fiscal policy
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- I've published a new (short) article on 'John Maynard Keynes and Universal Basic Income', which might be of interest to those working on these debates: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
- Close watchers of political language and the links between British Labour and the ALP might note that Albanese was saying 'our policy stands' about a tax change last week, just days before his government revised it: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- On the Conservatives' £47bn of spending cuts, this feels like a very early stage in the Parliament to be setting out specifics, but I suppose the point is to allow Badenoch and Stride to oppose the tax rises coming in the November budget.
- The Starmer/Burnham struggle within Labour has quite big implications for the Lib Dems. Starmer’s old Labour right positioning gives the LDs acres of political space but is hostile to cooperation; the two parties' social and geographical bases are quite distinct. 1/2
- First trip to Southampton, and a well-deserved point. Still top!
- Reposted by Peter SlomanUseful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
- At this stage, the closest parallel to the Starmer government is Tony Abbott in 2013-15: won a landslide on a 'change' platform, tightly bound by pledges, damaged by unpopular budget decisions and given little credit for promises delivered. Starmer and Reeves will hope to find a better way out.
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- I'm looking forward to taking part in the rebooted Liberal Summer School on 12 August - joining Stuart White, Frances Foley and Vicky Pryce to talk about economics and empowerment
- Welsh Labour's decision to introduce closed-list PR for the Senedd looks more foolish with every week that passes. STV would have allowed Labour to benefit from incumbents' personal votes and attract anti-Reform preferences
- The new Pensions Commission is an important move by the government - surely we need something similar on child poverty, once the ministerial taskforce has finished its work? www.ft.com/content/5208...
