Bridget Phillipson speech in full: How Labour will fix the biggest barrier children face
This is a copy of Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson’s speech as written for delivery at The Centre…
Centre for Social Justice
‘Poverty has many root causes – Labour must tackle them all’
Next year there will be an election and Labour stands poised to take power. Unlike the late 1990’s,…
‘Hunt has stolen Labour’s welfare reform plans. Here’s how it regains the agenda’
“People who can work, should work… 2.6 million people are out of work due to long-term sickness. A…
Jon Ashworth is right: the government must adopt an ‘into work guarantee’
Jon Ashworth, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has thrown the gauntlet down on welfare reform.…
Labour will “fundamentally reform” UC to “simplify” the system, Ashworth says
Jonathan Ashworth has announced that Labour plans to “fundamentally reform” Universal Credit in order to “simplify” the system…
The state must invest – and boost decision-making at a local level
A recent publication of the Department for Work and Pensions’ annual statistics on households below average income made…
