Increasing the minimum wage is only a half answer to poverty
Parties also need to reduce childcare and housing costs, improve the quality of part-time jobs and create better progression routes…
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I am not your totem, Tim Montgomerie, and you are not my able-bodied saviour. Listen!
"I am not your totem, Tim. Nor do I want to be used as a vehicle to facilitate the poisoning…
ByWhy evolution, not revolution, is the key to public service reform
As Andrew Adonis argues, successful reforms are incremental and build on existing best-practice, rather than trying to reinvent the wheel.
ByI got it wrong: seven writers on why they changed their minds
Our culture values certainty and dogmatism. We should all be more open about the times when we were wrong –…
ByClegg leaves the door open to further welfare cuts
At his monthly press conference, the Deputy PM refuses to rule out reducing the benefit cap or limiting child benefit…
ByRising homelessness shows the damage caused by welfare cuts
Homelessness has now risen by 34% since 2010, with measures including the benefit cap and the bedroom tax blamed by…
ByThe cycle between work and the dole is trapping millions in poverty
With one in six of the workforce having claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance in the last two years, job insecurity is hindering…
ByUniversal Credit has “not achieved value for money”, warns NAO
More bad news for Duncan Smith as the National Audit Office says there are "considerable weaknesses" in the department's financial…
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