‘Labour must speak up for WASPI women – or many more will die awaiting justice’
The Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign has always had a pragmatic and collaborative approach to securing…
Department for Work and Pensions
Ashworth says latest poverty figures a “devastating verdict” on Tory record
Jonathan Ashworth has said the latest statistics on poverty in the UK are a “devastating verdict” on the…
The waste of human potential allowed by the Tories must end. With Labour, it will
The UK is suffering an employment crisis that is compounding its cost-of-living crisis. Well over a million people…
Labour outlines plan to replace Universal Credit to help tackle in-work poverty
Jonathan Reynolds has outlined the Labour proposal to replace Universal Credit with a fairer welfare system allowing low-paid…
These government ministers are retoxifying the Conservative Party
David Cameron became Conservative Party leader in December 2005. He set about detoxifying his party, changing its image…
UNISON celebrates victory for disabled workers
UNISON has celebrated a major victory after the Department for Work and Pensions announced that additional support will…
Government rejects Labour’s call to extend benefit sanctions suspension
Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has refused to extend the temporary suspension on benefit sanctions, which was…
How you can help shape Labour’s Universal Credit replacement
Labour is committed to developing a complete replacement for Universal Credit. We believe this to be essential to…
Labour: Universal Credit claimants face “rigid, unbending, uncaring” system
Jonathan Reynolds has said that Universal Credit claimants face a “rigid, unbending, uncaring response” and described an “overwhelming…
My priorities as Labour’s new Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary
I know that, after the NHS, the Department for Work and Pensions is the part of government many…
