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…
Benefits
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…
Yesterday, everything changed
I know, the Welfare Reform Bill passed. In a fizzle of shame, it gasped it’s way through the…
A tale of two campaigns
This is a tale of two campaigns. One succeeded this week in the most spectacular victory over Tory…
Is Cameron about to face a Joe McCarthy moment?
In many ways, it’s a little strange that US Senator Joe McCarthy is still so widely known today.…
How government subsidises big business
This week there was a twitter storm over Tesco offering a “job” for no wages. Tesco quickly moved…
Tory MP challenged to live on benefits for a week
Tory MP Sam Gyimah received a rough ride on BBC 5live this morning, including being booed after he…
Local government finance – not sexy, but important
Local government finance is not the sexiest subject in the world, nor will it get many frontpage headlines.…
