‘Hunt has stolen Labour’s welfare reform plans. Here’s how it regains the agenda’
“People who can work, should work… 2.6 million people are out of work due to long-term sickness. A…
Benefits
Autumn statement: Four ex-Labour ministers warn against welfare cuts
Senior Labour politicians have urged Jeremy Hunt to increase benefits in line with inflation following reports that the…
Workers vs shirkers: Kendall backs ‘responsibility’ as Tories seek wedge
Workers vs shirkers, drivers vs eco-zealots Fresh from dusting off their spades to dig out battle lines over…
Rayner on two-child limit: Labour has to “prioritise” because of state of economy
Angela Rayner has argued that a future Labour government will have to “prioritise” because of funding constraints caused…
Scrap two-child limit and other policies ‘deepening’ poverty, group urges Labour
A campaign group has been launched to urge the Labour leadership to commit to repealing the two-child limit…
‘Labour’s pre-election nerves must not prevent vital short-term spending’
It is a summer of discontent. For more than a decade, things in Britain have been going downhill…
‘How Labour could fix Britain’s punitive, ineffective Jobcentre system’
Jobcentres could be, and should be, a place people turn to for support. They should be a ‘labour…
Two-child limit: Three big questions about Labour’s safety-first strategy
If making clear to voters Labour will not reverse the two-child benefit limit was the goal, then even…
Jon Ashworth is right: the government must adopt an ‘into work guarantee’
Jon Ashworth, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has thrown the gauntlet down on welfare reform.…
Labour urges MPs to back welfare reform plan as over-50s economic inactivity rises
Jonathan Ashworth has urged MPs to back Labour’s plan to reform job support after analysis revealed that economic…
