What we learned from the Tory Conference
David Cameron’s speech finishes up the Conservative Party’s conference in Manchester – so what did we learn this…
Tax Credits
Better ways of reducing deficit than hitting people who are working hard, says Harman
Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman has slammed the Tories’ approach to the economy ahead of the Emergency Budget…
Iain Duncan Smith says Labour use benefits to “buy votes” – as research shows his welfare cuts will hit poor hard
Department for Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has accused Labour of having “always used benefits as…
Disability, care and tax credits: why recipients of work replacement benefits are worse off than workers
Under the current benefits system, the main forms of working-age income-replacement benefits are Job Seeker’s Allowance, Employment and…
Cameron refuses to rule out cutting tax credits
In the question and answer section of Cameron’s ‘tax lock’ speech this morning, he didn’t even try to…
Labour puts family budgets at the forefront as party’s “cost of living week” continues
With just over a week until election day, Ed Miliband is set to return to one of his key…
Why we still need tax credits (as well as pre-distribution)
Would you be surprised if I wrote a blog piece supporting the speech on social security made by…
Why let the facts get in the way of demonising the poor?
Yesterday the online cheerleaders of the Tory Party were rejoicing, as Grant Shapps gave the poor a good…
Labour to launch “The price of Tory failure” campaign online and in marginal seats
Labour will roll out the next phase of their fightback on Osborne’s welfare/tax credits trap today with a…
Deconstructing Labour’s tax credit counter-offensive
It will never be out of fashion to write stories about divisions between a Leader and a Chancellor…
