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.…
welfare
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…
Joe Anderson: Universal credit could mean Christmas is cancelled for struggling families
“When you’ve got nothing you’ve got nothing to lose”, sang Bob Dylan. Unfortunately that’s not true. When you’ve…
Kate Green: We want it, the public wants it, so now is the time to be bold on welfare
The general election result suggests an appetite for Labour’s progressive and inclusive message, of hope for a better…
The Tories’ new toxicity gives Labour a chance to do the decent thing on welfare
The abandonment of some of the most regressive policies of the Conservative manifesto in the Queen’s Speech —…
If May moves away from austerity then it is because of Corbyn’s message of hope
Fighting for her political life, Theresa May reportedly told her shrunken band of MPs that “austerity is over”. Deep…
McDonnell pledges benefits reforms as he attacks top Tory’s “fatuous economic talk”
John McDonnell has said Labour will “in effect” cancel the Tory freeze on benefits as he engaged in a…
Corbyn: This is a country run for the rich – but Labour is standing up for everyone
Jeremy Corbyn will on Tuesday accuse the Tories of “running our country down in every way” when he…
Graham Jones: Tory cuts to housing benefit show the “nasty party” lives on
In the Tories’ cuts to young people’s housing benefit, the nasty legacy of Cameron and Osborne lives on.…
Dawn Butler: Why I called out a Tory cabinet minister on her party’s claim to stand up for working class people
Earlier this month I made my debut on the BBC’s Question Time and I have been told that…
