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Springtime for subsidy junkies

On a visit to the Tata Steel plant in Wales this week, Keir Starmer dropped any pretence of fiscal responsibility, boasting instead about how much money a Labour government would offer it. The firm has already collected £500m to help it transition to carbon-neutral manufacturing, but Starmer said he would “be much more ambitious”. At least £3bn might be on offer. That’s just for starters. Over last weekend, the party briefed on

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