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To understand Labour’s challenge on investment, look to Saint Matthew

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07.02.2025

PETERBOROUGH, ENGLAND – JULY 31: Labour leader Keir Starmer walks with Councillor Shaz Nawaz in the Cathedral grounds during the launch of the ‘Jobs Jobs Jobs’ campaign on July 31, 2020 in Peterborough, England. The Labour Party has warned the government it has 24 hours to change course on its disastrous one-size-fits-all plans to withdraw furlough – or risk a “historic mistake” that would hand P45 notices to workers across the country. (Photo by Darren Staples/Getty Images)

Why are all the infrastructure projects the Chancellor wants to invest in in the South? James Nations says the answer can be found in Matthew’s Gospel: “for to everyone who has, more shall be given”…

With the Chancellor wanting to move the conversation on from last year’s doom and gloom, she might be pleased to hear her economic plans linked to the Gospel. She has good news to spread, arguing that this government will reform a sclerotic planning system and actually “Get Britain Building”. But there’s a passage from Matthew that she should bear in mind: “For to everyone who has, more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the........

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