Rachel Reeves: Tory tax changes and benefits freeze mean struggling families forced to fund new handout for the rich
The start of the new financial year today is when the rich get richer and the poor get…
Benefits
Jim McMahon: A Budget for no-one that ignores the crisis raging outside London
Philip Hammond yesterday unveiled his first Budget since becoming chancellor. The Budget is an annual occurrence – and…
Sarah Champion: Forget about blokes and beer – today women are achieving real change in the trade union movement
This is the full speech delivered today by Sarah Champion, shadow secretary of state for women and equalities, at…
Unite: Whatever Hammond says today, the Tories refuse to reverse the cuts hitting women and the poor the hardest
As the chancellor, Philip Hammond, gets ready to deliver his Budget today, he would do well to remember…
Dive in wages reveals Tories’ “abject failure”, says McDonnell
The fall in real wages over the next five years is a “damning indictment” of Tory economic failure,…
Labour should keep options open on blocking article 50, say LabourList readers
Labour MPs should keep open the option of blocking article 50 in Parliament, according to LabourList readers. A…
Weekly survey: the benefits cap, article 50 and Labour as the workers’ party
In light of the furore over the lowering of the benefits cap again by the Conservative Government, we ask…
Abrahams: Rising demand for foodbanks a “damning indictment of Tory failure”
Delays in the payment of benefits were the biggest driver of demand for foodbanks, Britain’s largest provider said…
Tories roll out “assault on single mothers” as benefit cap comes into force
A new cut in the benefits cap will come into force from today, in a move opposed by…
UK to see “crisis of living standards” without overhaul of social security, new report finds
The UK is set to see a sharp rise in child poverty, worsening circumstances for low-income families and…
