News Weekly Survey: Budget fall-out It has been a disastrous week for the Government with George Osborne forced to u-turn on several elements… 22nd March, 2016, 6:30 pm
News “Chaos or con” – top Labour figures lay into Osborne over Budget u-turns Senior Labour figures from across the party have rounded on an unapologetic George Osborne as he finally turned… Peter Edwards 22nd March, 2016, 5:12 pm
News McDonnell calls on Osborne to scrap Budget as Treasury confirms u-turn on disability cuts John McDonnell has called on George Osborne to rip-up his “chaotic” Budget and start again as the Treasury performed… Peter Edwards 21st March, 2016, 6:43 pm
News Tories scrap disability cuts and admit they “forgot” human impact of changes Stephen Crabb has confirmed the Government has crumbled and will scrap the planned £4.4bn cuts to disability support. The… Sarah Pine 21st March, 2016, 6:39 pm
Comment Labour will fight to retain parents’ voice in the schools system Last week the Tory mask slipped and their real agenda for our schools system was revealed. Forcing schools… Lucy Powell 21st March, 2016, 5:00 pm
News Corbyn tells Osborne to quit over disability cuts meltdown Jeremy Corbyn has sought to capitalise on the Tories’ meltdown over disability cuts by calling on George Osborne… Peter Edwards 21st March, 2016, 3:16 pm
Comment It’s time for Nicky Morgan to trust local people to run schools rather than impose change from Whitehall The Government talks a good game on devolution but that talk seems lost on the Department for… Ann Waters 21st March, 2016, 1:00 pm
Comment Poor pay the price for Osborne’s failure as “national living wage” is cut Low pay is a blight on the UK economy, denying millions of hard working Britons the dignity of… Rachel Reeves 20th March, 2016, 7:00 am
Comment Six key mistakes in IDS’ six year reign of error The bedroom tax Perhaps the most controversial of all of the spending cuts delivered by Iain Duncan Smith,… Peter Edwards 19th March, 2016, 1:57 pm
News Tories in turmoil as IDS quits over disability cuts Iain Duncan Smith stunned Westminster on Friday night by quitting the Cabinet over George Osborne’s plans to slash support… Peter Edwards 19th March, 2016, 12:00 am