Working parents can’t rely on a government that gives with one hand and takes with the other
Ask any working parent about the challenges they face in managing work and family life and childcare is…
Rachel Reeves
Let’s close the skills gap
This summer thousands of young people will leave school without the skills or qualifications they need to find…
Two years on – the Bedroom Tax has brought untold hardship to hundreds of thousands of people
If there was ever an anniversary not to celebrate it’s today’s marker of two years since the Bedroom…
It’s time for the Tories to come clean on their secret £12billion plan to hit children, carers, families and disabled people
David Cameron and Iain Duncan Smith have repeatedly refused to explain how they would make the £12 billion cuts…
Unlike the Tories, Labour has a plan to create an economy that works for working families
Yesterday’s news of a fall in unemployment is welcome, but behind the headlines there’s another story to tell.…
Everyone loses out from a low-pay economy
Over the last year I’ve seen how David Cameron and George Osborne’s failure to make work pay is…
A day onboard the #LabourExpress
On Saturday morning Labour’s general election campaign co-ordinator Jon Ashworth MP and I filled a bus full of…
Labour will offer people a new deal: work hard for a fair day’s pay
If you work hard, you get a fair day’s pay. Not an unreasonable thing to believe in is…
8 questions Iain Duncan-Smith must now answer
In November 2011 Iain Duncan Smith promised – one million people would be on Universal Credit by April 2014.…
Next May there is a big choice for the British people on social security
This weekend we’ve seen desperate attempts by the Tories to hide the truth of their failed record on…
