Labor understands any broken promise will be weaponised by its political foes. But an economic storm is brewing, and it’s time to change tack
But the new Tory leadership found themselves shouted down by their own people, because using borrowed money to fund tax cuts for rich people in an inflationary environment is … how do we put this politely? Unwise.
The treasurer is intent on doing what treasurers are supposed to do. Testing the political space for budgetary repositioning “It is a cautionary tale about what it looks like when you risk getting that wrong – and so that’s not irrelevant to us as we put together our own budget to hand down this month.”
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