Useful to have thread on the OK things the new #UK_Labour government has done so far.
Not all of them are actually good and several are inadequate remedies.
https://mastodonapp.uk/@ProjectFearlessness/113299026905182324
But its good to have the list. As I said in a recent piece, "Between Hope and Disappointment", on #degrowth politics after #GE2024, they will do some good things but it's important we have no illusions about the bigger picture, wherein their policies are very much #Deckchairs.
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2024/09/25/between-hope-and-disappointment/
ProjectFearlessness (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image To mark the new U.K. Labour government's first 100 days, I'm going to have a look back at all the positive things they've done No, this is not the build up to a bad joke. It's exactly what I'm going to do. #UKPolitics 🧵1

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Predictably the (Neil Kinnock voice) 'LABOUR leader' has criticised his transport secretary for exposing P&O as a rogue company, i.e. for siding with workers.
#UK_Labour
@GeofCox
The collapse of credibility continues #UK_Labour #Starmer

Shocking improvisation of policy: the Starmer Reeves #UK_Labour "government did not carry out an impact assessment on cutting winter fuel support for millions of pensioners in England and Wales, the prime minister has said."

No assessment on impact of winter fuel payment cut - Keir Starmer - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce808nyry3do
#austerity #WinterFuel

No assessment on impact of winter fuel payment cut - Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer says it was not legally necessary to carry out analysis on changes to the payment.

BBC News

Roll up to place your bets!
I wager that #UK_Labour will not repeal the anti-protest laws.
A bet I'd like to lose.

Britain now stifles peaceful dissent like a repressive regime. It’s time to roll back our #AntiProtestLaws | Linda Lakhdhir | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/10/britain-protest-laws-tories-climate-labour

Britain now stifles peaceful dissent like a repressive regime. It’s time to roll back our anti-protest laws

Under the Tories, non-violent climate protesters were jailed for up to five years – and there is little sign that Labour will change tack, says Linda Lakhdhir, legal director of Climate Rights International

The Guardian

"this Labour government was not elected to reduce a huge budget deficit. It was elected, in large part, to fix the NHS and other public services. A 'senior Labour source' said recently that Labour were elected 'first and foremost to sort the public finances'. This is nonsense. The election campaign was not about the public finances .... What the public were concerned about was the NHS."

mainly macro via @sjwrenlewis

https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/09/october-budget-3-in-presenting.html?m=1
#budget #deficit #NHS #UK_Labour

October Budget 3: In presenting a macroeconomic fiscal stance, Rachel Reeves and Labour need to talk about improving public services rather than book balancing

  Most of this series will be about the economics behind the budget. So far we have had why tax increases rather than economic growth is h...

This is sound.

Editorial: How can we force a new economic settlement from Labour? | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/editorial-how-can-we-force-new-economic-settlement-labour
#UK_Labour #press #WealthTax

How can we force a new economic settlement from Labour?

Morning Star