Daily email 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… Tom Belger 18th July, 2023, 12:46 pm
Comment “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… Jon Ashworth 26th September, 2022, 10:58 am
Comment 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… Andrew Harrop 8th June, 2020, 11:00 am
Comment 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… Tom Pollard 3rd October, 2019, 2:36 pm
Comment 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… Debbie Abrahams 12th July, 2019, 8:07 am
Comment 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… Nazia Rehman 15th December, 2017, 3:36 pm
Comment 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… Mark Brophy 26th October, 2017, 2:15 pm
Comment 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.… Peter Edwards 25th October, 2017, 2:14 pm
Comment 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… Peter Tutykhin 25th October, 2017, 7:00 am
Comment 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… Charlotte Cornell 9th October, 2017, 3:00 pm