Welfare: Labour criticised for not consulting on disability and poverty in policymaking forum for next manifesto
Labour has been accused of seeking to constrain party discussion over future welfare policy by a member of…
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Labour voters would pick welfare and climate cuts over police or pension cuts
Labour voters would choose cuts to climate change initiatives and welfare over cuts to policing or pensions, a…
Budget: Labour warned two child benefit cap to hit 900,000 more children by 2030
Labour faces fresh pressure to scrap the two-child benefit cap following its first Budget, after new figures showed…
‘Frank’s poverty mission lives on at his charity – but he’d scrap two-child cap’
Frank Field has long been a hero of mine, and he will remain so for the rest of…
‘Sunak’s claim of a ‘sick note culture’ is immoral and deeply flawed’
The Prime Minister’s speech on welfare reform last Friday was not only high on rhetoric and low on…
‘Liz Kendall’s DWP shakeup is bold – but should be even bolder’
This week Demos hosted Liz Kendall in her first major speech as Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary. Speaking…
Liz Kendall full speech: ‘How we’ll get Britain working again, and follow in the footsteps of Attlee, Wilson and Blair’
This is a copy of Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions’ Liz Kendall’s speech as written…
‘How Labour can trump the Tories on welfare – and how Starmer will govern’
One little-noticed feature of Labour’s most recent reshuffle was the beefing up of shadow minister Alison McGovern’s duties,…
Starmer warned Labour “kidding itself” over spending without tax hikes
Labour has been accused of “kidding itself” about the cost of its plans for a “decade of national…
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…
