Welfare Voters in Labour’s former “Red Wall” seats will be hard hit by Universal Credit The government’s vow to tackle regional divides will be significantly easier if the social security system isn’t undermining this ambition. By Laura Gardiner
Welfare Cutting taxes for the under-30s? There’s a better way to help the millennials who need it By Laura Gardiner
Politics Budget 2017: Why Philip Hammond’s social care fund is just a sticking plaster By Laura Gardiner
Following the unemployment figures, has George Osborne’s recovery run out of steam? Record employment is not a position to be sniffed at, but we shouldn’t be satisfied that this is as good… By Laura Gardiner
If you want to get full employment, you need to think again about inactivity Many of our assumptions about people outside the job market are fundamentally flawed. By Laura Gardiner
Why our policy-makers have little idea of what workers are really paid None of the official wage measures include the self-employed – who are 4.5m people – one in seven of… By Laura Gardiner
The flaws of zero-hours contracts are becoming clearer Almost three in 10 of all those on the contracts are looking to work more hours. By Laura Gardiner