The imagery behind David Miliband’s speech this afternoon
David Miliband made a much commented upon speech this afternoon in opposition to the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill.…
Benefits
Welfare reform must ensure people working earn more than those on benefits, says Balls
My local Tory MP, and his vicious attack on benefit claimants
Earlier this week Elmet and Rothwell Conservative MP Alec Shelbrooke launched a vicious attack on families and individuals…
Why let the facts get in the way of demonising the poor?
Yesterday the online cheerleaders of the Tory Party were rejoicing, as Grant Shapps gave the poor a good…
To avoid Osborne’s benefit trap Labour must change the debate
From a political point of view George Osborne’s autumn statement was a success, in that a week since…
Can Miliband beat Osborne on Welfare?
There is a political speech that I will never forget. It was by Neil Kinnock after Labour had…
Liam Byrne slams Lord Freud over likening benefit claimants to corpses – “The nasty party is well and truly back”
Speaking to the House Magazine, minister Lord Freud said, “I think you don’t have to be the corpse…
Dear Boris, where exactly would you like single mums to live?
Conservative plans to scrap housing benefit support for under-25s may be a classic Conference clap-line against the feckless…
Time travel does not yet exist. But the Tories are doing their best
This weekend, partly to escape the twin mountains of laundry and dishes that built up in my flat…
We don’t want to all be in it together
Nearly two weeks on and the Budget is still niggling. George Osborne doesn’t just walk out into the political…
