I’m tired of justifying my existence to Iain Duncan bloody Smith
Something I’ve noticed over the past couple of months, both as a councillor and an advice agency worker,…
welfare
Time travel does not yet exist. But the Tories are doing their best
This weekend, partly to escape the twin mountains of laundry and dishes that built up in my flat…
How to improve Labour’s general approach to welfare issues
In theory the Work Capability Assessment should be part of a process that makes sure that people who…
What might a revived contributory principle look like?
Social security’s the cause of much soul searching on the left: despite the legacy of Labour’s progressive universalism…
A new welfare bargain
Welfare is Labour’s toxic issue. Recent evidence comes from a YouGov poll for Prospect: 74 per cent agree…
What happened to the revolution?
It was good to hear the Prime Minister follow Labour’s lead and join the big debate about the…
Why the country is like Marge Simpson and you might want to avoid the Noddy wallpaper
Living under this government is starting to feel a bit like being the wife or mother in a…
A socially just welfare state would slash spending…says a lefty
The popular myth is that the welfare state props up workshy scroungers, who are – in the words…
We don’t want to all be in it together
Nearly two weeks on and the Budget is still niggling. George Osborne doesn’t just walk out into the political…
Yesterday, everything changed
I know, the Welfare Reform Bill passed. In a fizzle of shame, it gasped it’s way through the…
