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 –…
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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…
A little less them, a little more us – top tips for how to talk about benefits
Yesterday’s announcement that Labour will reduce foodbank use, sort out some of the problems with benefits and reform…
Anyone worried about protecting the welfare state should concentrate on kicking out the Tories
As a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee I get to see up close the Government’s…
Be under no illusion – poverty has risen under this government
In a debate on poverty in the UK last week, my colleague Lisa Nandy told the story of…
Shadow Minister Stephen Timms apologises to Iain Duncan Smith (sort of)
“I believe politicians should correct the record when they get things wrong” Your turn IDS…
Gordon Brown back on campaign trail as Murphy pledges to go “even further than the Vow”
Gordon Brown will make a return to the campaign trail for Scottish Labour today, when he appears with…
Labour’s route to cutting the welfare bill
When the Chancellor rises to deliver his Autumn Statement next week, he should face two uncomfortable truths. This…
