News Chingford: Labour and Shaheen 79 votes apart as split left lets IDS clings on Labour has failed to win Chingford and Woodford Green, with the party’s candidate Shama Tatler and former candidate… Tom Belger 5th July, 2024, 3:20 am
General election 2024 Labour denies ‘purge’ but union slams ‘jobs for the boys’ as Shaheen deselected Labour has been accused of a “purge” of left-wing candidates and handing out “jobs for the boys”, after… Daniel Green & Tom Belger 30th May, 2024, 3:50 pm
General election 2024 Shaheen’s lawyers challenge Labour deselection as she claims ‘bullying culture’ and ‘problem with brown people’ Lawyers for the former Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen have written to the party challenging her de-selection, as she… Tom Belger 30th May, 2024, 3:46 pm
Comment PMQs verdict: Corbyn confident as Tory cruelty exposed by universal credit chaos Ahem. This was a punchy PMQs in which Jeremy Corbyn sought to press home his advantage in the… Peter Edwards 11th October, 2017, 2:18 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
Video Shadow Minister Stephen Timms apologises to Iain Duncan Smith (sort of) “I believe politicians should correct the record when they get things wrong” Your turn IDS… 18th February, 2015, 6:17 pm
News 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… 25th November, 2014, 11:09 am
Comment 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… Rachel Reeves 28th September, 2014, 3:16 pm
Comment IDS? He’s completely out-of-touch If anyone is in doubt that the Tories are completely out of touch with the reality of life… Rachel Reeves 11th August, 2014, 6:01 pm
Comment This is not the way to reform welfare From the outset, I should make it clear that I support welfare reform. The current system does not… Simon Danczuk 21st January, 2014, 2:58 pm