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…
Work programme
The Government have failed – it’s time for a new approach to get older people into the workplace
This post is written by Rachel Reeves MP and Stephen Timms MP. Later today we will be meeting older…
Labour will reduce the role of outsourcing companies, says Reeves
If Labour win the general election next May, the Labour leadership have announced that they will reduce the…
The Work Programme – A bad deal for ESA
Another quarter of Work Programme data released today paints a similar picture to the last: reasonable job outcomes…
It’s time to end job centres for the under-25s
The facts are stark. Young people have it much harder than their parents did. Over one million 16-24…
Work Programme is improving but still failing majority
Figures out today show an improvement in the number of people who have found long term employment through…
Labour’s 43 welfare sanctions rebels
Update: Actually – there were more than 40 Labour MPs rebelling tonight – there were 43. 40 MPs…
Labour’s perverse inconsistency on the Work Programme
There has been much anger and consternation about Labour’s plan to abstain on today’s jobseekers (back to work…
The Work Programme is doomed to fail
The Work Programme – one year old this week – is the centrepiece of the government’s drive to ‘get Britain…
The dirty underbelly of the Jubilee pageant
So we now know that some of the rain-sodden stewards shivering as they surveyed the crowds gathered to…
