Labour demands action as report shows “appalling” rise in destitution
Jonathan Reynolds has called on the government to provide more support for families struggling over the winter this…
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How the struggles of MPs’ caseworkers have intensified during the pandemic
MPs have a team of people who support them in their work – usually no more than four…
Now is exactly the right time to argue for radical change
Life has changed beyond recognition. We keep being told that soon we will enter a ‘new normal’, but…
Labour calls for urgent changes to social security system
Labour has called on the government to implement five urgent changes to the social security system that will…
Why has it taken Covid-19 for us to realise the importance of a safety net?
In the space of a fortnight, social, economic and political life in the UK has become unrecognisable. Our…
As London Labour meets, let the party look to the capital for what we can achieve
London Labour will gather for its conference this weekend to reflect on the past and plan for the future. …
It’s not just the left Chuka: the whole world is waking up to the universal basic income
Yesterday the former shadow cabinet minister Chuka Umunna used a speech to the German British Forum to condemn the idea…
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…
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