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The economic crisis facing Labour

Labour’s spending plans are inadequate to rebuild public services. We need to new movements for more radical change, argue John McDonnell MP and Andrew Fisher

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Andrew Fisher is a political adviser and trade unionist, and was the Labour Party’s director of policy 2015-2019

John McDonnell is the Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington and was shadow chancellor 2015-2020