News Labour hails Tory u-turn on child poverty trickery Labour have claimed victory after forcing Iain Duncan Smith into a climbdown on the way child poverty is monitored.… Sarah Pine 26th February, 2016, 5:34 pm
News Tory MP says those who live in “outlying regions” are “dog-end voters” Tory MP for Wyre Forest, Mark Garnier has been overheard saying some voters can be ignored because they… 2nd December, 2014, 8:36 am
Comment This government needs to fundamentally change the way it treats disabled people By Stephen Timms and Kate Green Lord Freud’s now notorious suggestion that disabled people were not “worth” the… 27th October, 2014, 6:15 pm
Comment Freud and the politics of cruelty That story about the frog not noticing that the water it is sitting in is getting hotter and… Stefan Stern 20th October, 2014, 8:08 am
Comment Get used to hearing a lot more of what Cameron’s Tories really think… The revelation earlier this week that government welfare minister Lord Freud had referred to disabled people as ‘not… Grace Fletcher-Hackwood 19th October, 2014, 12:15 pm
News Tory minister: “disabled people work harder because they’re grateful to have a job” Tory Minister Lord Freud was put under pressure this week after he suggested that disabled people were “not… 19th October, 2014, 10:25 am
News Tory MP reckons people who don’t agree with Lord Freud are “in cloud cuckoo land” Tory welfare minister Lord Freud had to make a grovelling apology yesterday after saying that people with disabilities… 16th October, 2014, 12:56 pm
Comment PMQs verdict: No apology is good enough. Freud must go, and he must go today PMQs returns, and the Labour Party had an ambush waiting for Cameron. A recording from Lord Freud –… Mark Ferguson 15th October, 2014, 3:35 pm
News Lord Freud’s apology “not the end of the matter”, say Labour Lord Freud has apologised for his comments suggesting that disabled people are “not worth” the minimum wage. After… 15th October, 2014, 3:22 pm
Comment David Cameron’s government: some disabled people are “not worth the full wage” David Cameron’s welfare supremo has advocated treating those most in need differently by paying them below the national… Michael Dugher 15th October, 2014, 12:55 pm