Daily email ‘How Labour can trump the Tories on welfare – and how Starmer will govern’ One little-noticed feature of Labour’s most recent reshuffle was the beefing up of shadow minister Alison McGovern’s duties,… Tom Belger 15th December, 2023, 2:07 pm
Comment Transformative policy-making means listening to the ‘average’ person Jeremy Corbyn has announced Labour’s plan to scrap the ill-fated Universal Credit. For people who have had the… Rabyah Khan 1st October, 2019, 4:44 pm
Comment What should welfare reform look like? Out leafleting in Newcastle one afternoon a young woman demanded to know why the council were being so… 11th August, 2015, 3:05 pm
Comment Labour fallout from the welfare vote revolt: what does it all mean? This article is expanded from the LabourList morning email, which you can sign up for here. You can… Conor Pope 21st July, 2015, 1:35 pm
News Labour will repeal the bedroom tax, confirms Liam Byrne MP The bedroom tax is the worst combination of incompetence and cruelty – and Labour will repeal it. Just… Liam Byrne 22nd September, 2013, 11:15 am
Comment If Ed wants to be PM, he’ll keep Byrne where he is As August draws to a close speculation surrounding Ed Miliband’s reshuffle is reaching fever pitch – or at… Tom Harris 24th August, 2013, 4:00 pm
Comment The worst of both worlds A brief from Merrill Lynch, one of the world’s leading financial management companies, in 2011 began: “Recessions don’t… Carl Packman 27th June, 2013, 5:00 pm
Comment A huge rise in homelessness is on the way – thanks to ‘dividing lines’ on welfare The Government’s welfare reforms have been hailed as the “greatest since Beveridge” by Iain Duncan Smith. But a… Steve Bullock 18th January, 2013, 4:02 pm