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Keir Starmer rejects ‘tax and spend’, so do Labour’s plans for economic growth add up?

Written by Phil Tomlinson, Professor of Industrial Strategy, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS), University of Bath

Labour leader Keir Starmer's spending plans rely on economic growth.Rupert Rivett/Shutterstock

In launching Labour’s manifesto, Keir Starmer sought to shed his party’s “tax and spend” image. Instead, Starmer pressed home that Labour’s core mission is to increase UK economic growth – the manifesto mentions the...

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