Better ways of reducing deficit than hitting people who are working hard, says Harman
Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman has slammed the Tories’ approach to the economy ahead of the Emergency Budget…
welfare
Kendall pledges to combat Tory “welfare privatisation” with devolution
Liz Kendall will slam the Tories’ “failed experiment in welfare privatisation” this morning, and say that powers to…
Tory silence on Living Wage speaks volumes
We all know David Cameron is an expert at ducking questions posed to him every Wednesday at PMQs.…
Disability, care and tax credits: why recipients of work replacement benefits are worse off than workers
Under the current benefits system, the main forms of working-age income-replacement benefits are Job Seeker’s Allowance, Employment and…
Untrusted on economy and competence: TUC polling sheds light on why Labour lost the election
Labour were seen as too profligate, too soft on welfare and immigration, and too incompetent, according to a…
On those £12bn in cuts: IDS says the Tories haven’t ‘done the work yet’
During today’s Daily Politics debate on welfare, Iain Duncan Smith admitted that the Tories can’t explain where the…
Danny Alexander confirms the Tories really *do* have a “secret plan” to hit family budgets
Yesterday Labour unveiled this poster: Today Danny Alexander -who will almost certainly lose his seat next week –…
Another Tory car crash interview – Matt Hancock won’t say where welfare cuts will fall
George Osborne had a car crash interview with Andrew Marr on Sunday – failing 18 times to answer…
Brown goes on SNP attack as Murphy pledges a billion more for the NHS
Jim Murphy will today announce that Labour plans means the NHS in Scotland will receive an extra £1…
We’ll cut £12bn from welfare – but we won’t tell you how, says Tory minister
Conservative Treasury Minister David Gauke this morning confirmed tha party plan to cut the welfare budget by £12…
