Analysis Will the winter fuel cuts rowback quieten welfare reform rebels – or embolden them? Keir Starmer looks set to row back on cuts to winter fuel payments, in what will be widely… Luke O'Reilly 21st May, 2025, 1:22 pm
Comment No need to wait to 2020 – Labour in local government shows our values in action For Labour supporters and voters, it as dispiriting as it is infuriating to see what the Conservative government… Uma Kumaran 5th March, 2017, 7:11 am
Comment George Freeman’s comments show you can’t trust the Tories on mental health As someone who would consider themselves to be an anxiety sufferer, I don’t expect much. I don’t expect… Tom Butler 3rd March, 2017, 3:00 pm
Comment PMQs verdict: Corbyn PIPped May on health and Tory debt record For a strong NHS “you need to have the strong economy that enables us to pay for it”.… Emma Bean 1st March, 2017, 1:57 pm
News Smith: My regret over welfare bill vote Owen Smith has said he regrets abstaining on the controversial Tory Welfare Bill at second reading last summer,… Sarah Pine 17th July, 2016, 10:39 am
Comment Owen Smith: Universal Credit cuts show the hypocrisy of Tory claims to be the workers’ party As wrongheaded Government decisions go, it’s hard to imagine one much worse than deciding to make 2.5… Owen Smith 4th May, 2016, 9:00 am
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
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