An open letter to David Cameron
I can hardly bear it any more. Day after day after day. Terrible stories of suffering, despair and…
welfare
John Major is talking some sense – Labour are lucky Cameron is ignoring him
John Major is a decent man. He’s not destined to be one of the great leaders of our…
18 months of Labour Welfare policy in 1 article
I’m sick and I’m tired. I’m exhausted and so are the legions of welfare warriors who have attempted…
5 things we learned from the Hunt/Reeves interviews today
There has been considerable interest today in interventions from Rachel Reeves and Tristram Hunt today on their new…
Memo to Rachel Reeves: oppose under-25s benefit cuts
Taking over the shadow work and pensions brief is one of the hardest jobs in terms of complex…
“Bollocks” – no truth in claims that Labour would link benefits to vaccinations
There’s a storm in a teacup brewing this morning over a Times story(£) that claims Labour want to…
Is this confirmation that Labour plans to abolish the Bedroom Tax?
There has been much debate recently over whether Labour would abolish the Bedroom Tax if the party wins…
The real figures that should be driving the welfare debate
Simon Kirby, one of Brighton & Hove’s two Conservative MPs claims that 60% of his constituents support the…
Why are the Labour leadership joining a race to the bottom on benefits?
Ed Miliband’s speech last month on welfare Social Security was well received both inside and outside of the…
The worst of both worlds
A brief from Merrill Lynch, one of the world’s leading financial management companies, in 2011 began: “Recessions don’t…
