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…
Benefits
“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…
Weekly Survey: youth unemployment, Lords reform and London Mayor
Last week, the think tank IPPR published a report called The Condition of Britain – and Ed Miliband…
20 ways to make Britain better – 5. Devolving benefits to local government
There is some talk in Labour circles of devolving benefits from central to local government and cities. For…
When it comes to failing government projects, Universal Credit is in a class of its own
The revelation that Iain Duncan Smith managed to get a special category invented to describe the status of Universal…
20 ways to make Britain better – 2. Banking on a better benefit system
Over twenty weeks, Nick Pecorelli will be outlining 20 ways to make Britain better. In last week’s column…
Labour’s compulsory skills training for the unemployed – would it work?
Labour’s big announcement on welfare today is the proposed introduction of new skills courses in English and maths for people…
Rachel Reeves speech: A One Nation Approach to Social Security – Taking the Next Steps
Speak to IPPR, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Rachel Reeves said: I’d like to thank…
