George Eaton
@georgeeaton.bsky.social
Senior Editor (Politics), New Statesman
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Starmer’s entirely overshadowed plan to scrap the two-child benefit cap yet another example of “all pain, no gain”. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Keir Starmer hints he could scrap two-child benefit cap in Budget
The prime minister said his government will be ‘taking a number of measures’ to tackle child poverty
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Starmer’s entirely overshadowed plan to scrap the two-child benefit cap yet another example of “all pain, no gain”. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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What’s behind Labour’s income tax U-turn?
Insiders fear that the government has opted for “all pain, no gain” by dropping a plan to break its manifesto
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Insiders fear that the government has opted for “all pain, no gain” by dropping a plan to break its manifesto
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
What’s behind Labour’s income tax U-turn?
Insiders fear that the government has opted for “all pain, no gain” by dropping a plan to break its manifesto
www.newstatesman.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
What’s behind Labour’s income tax U-turn?
Insiders fear that the government has opted for “all pain, no gain” by dropping a plan to break its manifesto
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Insiders fear that the government has opted for “all pain, no gain” by dropping a plan to break its manifesto
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
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typically generous of @georgeeaton.bsky.social not to quote the full Belloc
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
typically generous of @georgeeaton.bsky.social not to quote the full Belloc
“All pain, no gain,” says government source of extraordinary FT story that Reeves has abandoned income tax rise after weeks of pitch-rolling. www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates
Chancellor explores alternative ways to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole estimated at up to £30bn
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“All pain, no gain,” says government source of extraordinary FT story that Reeves has abandoned income tax rise after weeks of pitch-rolling. www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
Verdict of one Labour grandee I just bumped into: “Ed Miliband is the person most likely to be the most next Prime Minister”.
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Verdict of one Labour grandee I just bumped into: “Ed Miliband is the person most likely to be the most next Prime Minister”.
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Is it over for Morgan McSweeney? Why even traditional allies believe Keir Starmer may now sacrifice him. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Is it over for Morgan McSweeney?
Even traditional allies of the chief of staff believe Keir Starmer may now sacrifice him
www.newstatesman.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Is it over for Morgan McSweeney? Why even traditional allies believe Keir Starmer may now sacrifice him. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
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Is it over for Morgan McSweeney? Even traditional allies of the chief of staff believe Keir Starmer may now sacrifice him.
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Is it over for Morgan McSweeney?
Even traditional allies of the chief of staff believe Keir Starmer may now sacrifice him
www.newstatesman.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Is it over for Morgan McSweeney? Even traditional allies of the chief of staff believe Keir Starmer may now sacrifice him.
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Is it over for Morgan McSweeney? Why even traditional allies believe Keir Starmer may now sacrifice him. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Is it over for Morgan McSweeney?
Even traditional allies of the chief of staff believe Keir Starmer may now sacrifice him
www.newstatesman.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Is it over for Morgan McSweeney? Why even traditional allies believe Keir Starmer may now sacrifice him. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
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Why Labour MPs believe that No 10 has only weakened Keir Starmer and strengthened Wes Streeting. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Who wins from No 10 vs Wes Streeting?
Labour MPs warn that Downing Street’s dramatic intervention has only weakened Keir Starmer
www.newstatesman.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Why Labour MPs believe that No 10 has only weakened Keir Starmer and strengthened Wes Streeting. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
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Who wins from No 10 vs Wes Streeting?
Labour MPs warn that Downing Street’s dramatic intervention has only weakened Keir Starmer
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Labour MPs warn that Downing Street’s dramatic intervention has only weakened Keir Starmer
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Who wins from No 10 vs Wes Streeting?
Labour MPs warn that Downing Street’s dramatic intervention has only weakened Keir Starmer
www.newstatesman.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Who wins from No 10 vs Wes Streeting?
Labour MPs warn that Downing Street’s dramatic intervention has only weakened Keir Starmer
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Labour MPs warn that Downing Street’s dramatic intervention has only weakened Keir Starmer
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Why Labour MPs believe that No 10 has only weakened Keir Starmer and strengthened Wes Streeting. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Who wins from No 10 vs Wes Streeting?
Labour MPs warn that Downing Street’s dramatic intervention has only weakened Keir Starmer
www.newstatesman.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Why Labour MPs believe that No 10 has only weakened Keir Starmer and strengthened Wes Streeting. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
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Finally, a bit of a reality check from our 2024 election book (out soon!) for everyone hyperventilating about collapsing public trust in the BBC - free to air TV (mostly the BBC) is still the most widely consumed and widely trusted source of news - blows print, online & social media out of the water
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Finally, a bit of a reality check from our 2024 election book (out soon!) for everyone hyperventilating about collapsing public trust in the BBC - free to air TV (mostly the BBC) is still the most widely consumed and widely trusted source of news - blows print, online & social media out of the water
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Rachel Reeves’s left turn – on tax and spending her second Budget is being shaped by social democratic choices. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Rachel Reeves’s left turn
The Chancellor’s second Budget is being shaped by distinctly social democratic choices.
www.newstatesman.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Rachel Reeves’s left turn – on tax and spending her second Budget is being shaped by social democratic choices. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
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Rachel Reeves’s left turn – on tax and spending her second Budget is being shaped by social democratic choices. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Rachel Reeves’s left turn
The Chancellor’s second Budget is being shaped by distinctly social democratic choices.
www.newstatesman.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Rachel Reeves’s left turn – on tax and spending her second Budget is being shaped by social democratic choices. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
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Keir Starmer has entered the danger zone – why Labour MPs are questioning his future again. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Keir Starmer has entered the danger zone
Why Labour MPs from all wings are questioning the Prime Minister’s future again.
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Keir Starmer has entered the danger zone – why Labour MPs are questioning his future again. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
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Keir Starmer has entered the danger zone
Why Labour MPs from all wings are questioning the Prime Minister’s future again.
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Why Labour MPs from all wings are questioning the Prime Minister’s future again.
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Keir Starmer has entered the danger zone
Why Labour MPs from all wings are questioning the Prime Minister’s future again.
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Keir Starmer has entered the danger zone
Why Labour MPs from all wings are questioning the Prime Minister’s future again.
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Why Labour MPs from all wings are questioning the Prime Minister’s future again.
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Keir Starmer has entered the danger zone – why Labour MPs are questioning his future again. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Keir Starmer has entered the danger zone
Why Labour MPs from all wings are questioning the Prime Minister’s future again.
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Keir Starmer has entered the danger zone – why Labour MPs are questioning his future again. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
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Lovely interview with Anthony Barnett www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Anthony Barnett: “The Sixties were a catastrophic failure”
The writer and campaigner on nationalism, the rise of the new right and how a fractured left can organise in response
www.newstatesman.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Lovely interview with Anthony Barnett www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Labour’s Budget wars escalate – on Lucy Powell’s intervention and the backlash it has prompted.
One minister accuses her of “cakeism”. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
One minister accuses her of “cakeism”. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Labour’s Budget wars escalate
Lucy Powell’s intervention is a sign of intensifying divisions over tax and the two-child benefit cap
www.newstatesman.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Labour’s Budget wars escalate – on Lucy Powell’s intervention and the backlash it has prompted.
One minister accuses her of “cakeism”. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
One minister accuses her of “cakeism”. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
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Lucy Powell’s intervention is a sign of trouble ahead on tax and the two-child benefit cap
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social: Labour’s Budget wars escalate
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social: Labour’s Budget wars escalate
Labour’s Budget wars escalate
Lucy Powell’s intervention is a sign of divisions to come over tax and the two-child benefit cap.
www.newstatesman.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Lucy Powell’s intervention is a sign of trouble ahead on tax and the two-child benefit cap
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social: Labour’s Budget wars escalate
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social: Labour’s Budget wars escalate
Labour’s Budget wars escalate – on Lucy Powell’s intervention and the backlash it has prompted.
One minister accuses her of “cakeism”. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
One minister accuses her of “cakeism”. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Labour’s Budget wars escalate
Lucy Powell’s intervention is a sign of intensifying divisions over tax and the two-child benefit cap
www.newstatesman.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Labour’s Budget wars escalate – on Lucy Powell’s intervention and the backlash it has prompted.
One minister accuses her of “cakeism”. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
One minister accuses her of “cakeism”. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
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Reform’s return to Thatcherism – how the party’s flirtation with statist economics is fading. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Reform’s return to Thatcherism
The party’s flirtation with statist economics is fading
www.newstatesman.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Reform’s return to Thatcherism – how the party’s flirtation with statist economics is fading. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
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Tax policy on the British left is pure "anti-bedtime left". Bizarre idea that you can have a big social democratic welfare state without everyone contributing properly www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Tax policy on the British left is pure "anti-bedtime left". Bizarre idea that you can have a big social democratic welfare state without everyone contributing properly www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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Reform’s return to Thatcherism. The party’s flirtation with statist economics is fading.
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
Reform’s return to Thatcherism
The party’s flirtation with statist economics is fading
www.newstatesman.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Reform’s return to Thatcherism. The party’s flirtation with statist economics is fading.
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social