Margaret Greenwood: The Tories’ budget failed to help families and make work pay
The farce of the government’s u-turn on the national insurance hike for the self-employed has grabbed the headlines,…
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Graham Jones: Tory cuts to housing benefit show the “nasty party” lives on
In the Tories’ cuts to young people’s housing benefit, the nasty legacy of Cameron and Osborne lives on.…
Clive Lewis: Grayling’s calls for a strike ban are a smokescreen to hide his own failings in the run-up to Christmas
This is the full statement published by shadow business secretary Clive Lewis on the latest wave of industrial…
Stephen Timms: Jobs plan shows Tories have betrayed disabled people once again
On Monday the government published Improving Lives, its long awaited work, health and disability green paper. It makes big…
Smith unveils wealth tax as part of 20 policies to tackle inequality
Owen Smith today pledged to deliver “fair employment, fair taxes and fair funding”, as he revealed a manifesto…
The latest universal credit figures are an embarrassment for the Tories
Yesterday, the Department of Work and Pensions published their latest figures for the number of people claiming universal credit.…
Hunger stalks this country – and IDS is refusing to face up to it
“Hunger stalks this country.” That was the conclusion of the all-party parliamentary inquiry into hunger in the UK, published…
The 6 policies Labour will introduce to help change the lives of disabled people
By Rachel Reeves MP and Kate Green MP Tonight we will join Ed Miliband at an event to…
“Tory Welfare Waste” – why Reeves’ new attack line will cut through with voters
Rachel Reeves will make a speech today slamming the Tories’ handling of the welfare system, and will trial…
8 questions Iain Duncan-Smith must now answer
In November 2011 Iain Duncan Smith promised – one million people would be on Universal Credit by April 2014.…
