LABOUR shadow chancellor Chris Leslie could face a rebellion over his support for Tory plans for a mandatory government budget surplus.
Mr Leslie has committed Labour to support a law proposed by Chancellor George Osborne banning any public-sector deficit “in normal times.”
However, the results of a Labour List poll revealed yesterday that most of the party’s supporters did not support his stance.
The 2025 Budget shores up the PM’s political position with headline-grabbing welfare U-turns, but with no improvements on offer to declining public services or living standards, writes MICHAEL BURKE
In the conclusion of his two-part article, PETER MERTENS reveals that while global military spending hits $2.7 trillion with European arms company profits soaring 1,000%, €1 invested in hospitals creates 2.5 times more jobs than weapons



