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,…
Benefits
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 –…
Food banks aren’t the solution to food poverty, the state is
Yesterday the of All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hunger and Food Poverty produced a report – Feeding Britain – which examined food poverty in…
“He’s blown it”: Tory MPs slam “painful” Osborne speech
Backbench Tory MPs are privately despairing at George Osborne’s speech to Tory Conference yesterday. The Chancellor’s announcement that…
Labour needs to take a serious look at UKIP’s manifesto
UKIP are in the process of putting together a manifesto that is squarely targeted at disaffected Labour voters.…
In-work poverty will cost taxpayer £13 billion in benefits by 2019
There will soon be double the current number of working families who rely on housing benefit to get…
