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Out canvassing in South London this week, the issue of immigration came up time and again. One of the doors I knocked on was opened by a very polite, middle aged white woman, who, upon realising I was from the Labour Party, started with…
Yesterday’s announcement that Labour will reduce foodbank use, sort out some of the problems with benefits and reform sanctions is another clear and welcome dividing line on welfare policy. But whilst Labour’s policies might be a world away…
Today’s budget saw a buoyant George Osborne paint a rosy picture of rising living standards and a recovering economy – a picture unfamiliar to many families up and down the country struggling to make ends meet. For many, it is housing costs…
If, like approximately 99% of the British people, you haven’t spent all week obsessing about Britain’s position in the EU, you may have noticed new research for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on public attitudes to poverty and welfare…
Welfare has barely been out of the headlines of late. The last few weeks alone have seen the Jobseekers Bill, the Bedroom Tax and most recently the trial of the Philpotts (cynically leapt on by the anti-welfare brigade as yet another…
I have always been a big fan of the f-word. For me, being a feminist is a no-brainer. Who wouldn’t want equal political, social and economic rights for women? Right? Right?? But far too many women I know, women in their 20s and 30s…
