Iain Duncan Smith’s council house offer is cruelty dressed up as concern
Imagine if every time you invested in an asset, someone threatened to force you to sell it, cut…
Iain Duncan-Smith
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.…
Iain Duncan-Smith’s Universal Credit failure explained in one simple chart
Iain Duncan Smith has been proclaiming the benefits of his Universal Credit scheme today as it gets rolled…
Unlike under this government, there will be no targets for benefit sanctions under Labour
This post is written by Rachel Reeves and Stephen Timms This week’s report from Oxfam, Child Poverty Action…
PMQs Verdict: The appalling laughter of Iain Duncan Smith
Sometimes PMQs provides the opportunity to bring to the public’s attention a story that they might otherwise have…
Next May there is a big choice for the British people on social security
This weekend we’ve seen desperate attempts by the Tories to hide the truth of their failed record on…
The reality behind IDS’s unemployment figures
Figures released earlier this month by the Office for National Statistics show the number of people unemployed falling…
