What should welfare reform look like?
Out leafleting in Newcastle one afternoon a young woman demanded to know why the council were being so…
Benefits
Jeremy Corbyn launches policies for young people – including pledge to bring back EMA
Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to reinstate the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), as he launches new policies aimed at…
Soft on welfare? The challenge of a popular welfare policy that works
We are being told that Labour lost votes through being seen as “too soft” on welfare. But we…
Disability, care and tax credits: why recipients of work replacement benefits are worse off than workers
Under the current benefits system, the main forms of working-age income-replacement benefits are Job Seeker’s Allowance, Employment and…
Leadership candidates: please think before you talk tough on benefits
I have a lot of time for Andy Burnham. He’s from Liverpool, I’m from Liverpool. He supports Everton,…
Yvette Cooper says she won’t buy into the Tories’ negative rhetoric on welfare
Yvette Cooper will today say that she will never “never slag off people on benefits because they cant…
Labour demand explanation for Tories’ proposed disability cuts
A document has been leaked revealing which benefits the Tories are considering scrapping. This is part of the…
A little less them, a little more us – top tips for how to talk about benefits
Yesterday’s announcement that Labour will reduce foodbank use, sort out some of the problems with benefits and reform…
What’s in Labour’s five point plan for reducing food bank dependency?
By Rachel Reeves MP and Maria Eagle MP The rise of food banks in 21stCentury Britain is nothing…
Labour would end this Government’s demonisation of benefits claimants
This afternoon I will be leading a debate on the treatment – or more accurately the demonisation –…
