Welfare reform: List of Labour MPs prepared to rebel against benefit changes
More than 25 Labour MPs have said publicly that they will not back the government when proposed welfare…
welfare reforms
Spring Statement: ‘Government should break the disability-poverty link, not entrench it’
As a Liverpudlian who moved to Middlesbrough to study during the Thatcher years, I was reminded last week…
‘The rhetoric’s turned people’s stomachs’: MPs challenge Kendall over welfare cuts
A string of Labour MPs and union leaders have challenged the Work and Pensions Secretary in the Commons…
‘The public doesn’t think welfare works – but they are more compassionate than sometimes believed’
Let’s start with an obvious point. The public does not think the benefits system works. Ipsos polling makes…
Osborne seeks to exploit Labour splits with call for cross-party welfare reform support
George Osborne has sought to exploit the divisions in the Labour Party that have emerged over welfare this…
