Two-child limit: Three big questions about Labour’s safety-first strategy
If making clear to voters Labour will not reverse the two-child benefit limit was the goal, then even…
Social Security
“It’s time for change, time for fairness” – Ashworth’s speech to Labour conference
Below is the full text of the speech delivered to the Labour Party conference by Shadow Work and…
Yes, there is still a place for contribution-based social security
For two elections in a row, the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn failed on social security: independent think…
Changing the culture at the DWP may be harder than Labour expects
Alongside promising to overhaul Universal Credit, Jeremy Corbyn’s announcement on social security last weekend signalled a broader commitment…
The case for a new social contract with the British people
It’s clear to most people and certainly to anyone who has had the misfortune to have to use…
The cruelty of universal credit represents how the Tories betrayed the north
The Tory government has failed the north of England on transport links, policing, health, industrial innovation and the…
Universal credit chaos shows the Tories see poverty as simply a lifestyle choice
Universal credit has become a parliamentary inconvenience for Theresa May and the Tories. May has struggled to justify…
PMQs verdict: Corbyn emerges with credit as May plods on in work but not in power
Theresa May cannot get away from universal credit – and Jeremy Corbyn cannot get to it quickly enough.…
It would be painful but here’s why Labour should drop its £11bn tuition fees pledge
Labour didn’t win the last election but, if much of the media is to be believed, it was…
May’s “British dream” simply shows she is sleeping through the housing crisis
In Theresa May’s address to the Conservative Party conference last week, the phrase “British Dream” cropped up a…
