Byrne: Government plans will hurt cancer patients and disabled children
Speaking before the return of the Welfare Reform Bill to the commons today, shadow work and pensions secretary…
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Labour MPs – vote with your hearts
Today, at 12.30pm the welfare reform bill will return to the House of Commons. Let’s be very clear…
The square root of nothing
Apart from one piece for Left Foot Forward last year I’ve generally refrained from writing about the coalition’s proposal…
Labour in favour of benefit cap, says Byrne
5 things Liam Byrne should focus on
Liam Byrne was right to remind us a few weeks ago that Beveridge’s system was fundamentally one of…
Not scroungers anymore
What a week! What could I possibly write in a blog post? I have 500 stories to…
Sue Marsh vs Chris Grayling
(h/t: Left Foot Forward, where you can read more about their exchange)
Contribution is not capitulation
There is nothing progressive about a welfare state without public support. The Guardian article by Liam Byrne about…
The plain fact is that the benefits system doesn’t work properly
It seems a long time ago in the wake of Maurice Glasman’s New Statesman article detailing his steadfast…
Liam Byrne’s Capitulation
This is the kind of piece that delights Liam Byrne. It is an article of faith for the…
