Why do the Tories claim income is not an indicator of child poverty?
Seventy years ago, the National Insurance Act was placed on the statute book. It is the foundation-stone of…
welfare
2015 election verdict: Too tough on welfare and the deficit, and too much like the Tories
Labour stances on welfare and the deficit going were too tough going into May’s general election – but…
My cross-party alternative to Osborne’s tax credit cut protects the poorest
George Osborne may unwittingly have gifted Labour a detonator with which it can blow up the Tories’ 2020…
Labour is pursuing a 25% strategy. Only the soft left can build a winning coalition
It is little more than a month since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader. The summer of hope is…
Corbyn brands Tories “poverty deniers” as he attacks austerity in TUC speech
Jeremy Corbyn slammed the Conservative Party as “poverty deniers” in his speech to the TUC in Brighton today…
Labour stands on the brink of becoming irrelevant to the majority of working people
The fourth message from our Independent Review is that Labour has never been so far from political reality…
What should welfare reform look like?
Out leafleting in Newcastle one afternoon a young woman demanded to know why the council were being so…
Jeremy Corbyn launches policies for young people – including pledge to bring back EMA
Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to reinstate the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), as he launches new policies aimed at…
Leaked memo shows Miliband was warned over deficit, immigration and welfare in 2010
Ed Miliband was warned about the negative public attitudes to Labour’s positions on deficit reduction, controlling immigration and…
An open letter to Stephen Timms MP
Dear Stephen Following your uncharacteristic attack on myself and 47 other comrades, I thought I would just send…
