Liz Kendall full speech: ‘How we’ll get Britain working again, and follow in the footsteps of Attlee, Wilson and Blair’
This is a copy of Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions’ Liz Kendall’s speech as written…
Work and Pensions
Reynolds promises “no return” to George Osborne rhetoric on social security
Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s work and pensions spokesperson, has promised that “there will be no return” by him to…
WATCH: In conversation with… Jonathan Reynolds MP
Join us at 6pm on Wednesday, July 29th, for our latest “In conversation with…” online event featuring LabourList…
Stephen Timms: The cruelty of universal credit drove one woman almost to suicide
The universal credit roll-out was supposed to finish last month. A green paper published by the Department for…
Smith unveils wealth tax as part of 20 policies to tackle inequality
Owen Smith today pledged to deliver “fair employment, fair taxes and fair funding”, as he revealed a manifesto…
Tories scrap disability cuts and admit they “forgot” human impact of changes
Stephen Crabb has confirmed the Government has crumbled and will scrap the planned £4.4bn cuts to disability support. The…
Number of people living in absolute poverty rises to almost 11 million
New official figures from the Department for Work and Pensions show that the number of people living in…
Why has the Bedroom Tax been such a disaster?
Exactly a year ago David Cameron and Iain Duncan Smith proudly brought in a policy they called the…
Bedroom Tax one year on: 5 things you need to know
Today marks a year since the introduction of the “Spare Room Subsidy”, better known as the Bedroom Tax.…
