The great lie about the British welfare state
Punishing idlers into work has never produced full employment
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Bridget Phillipson’s child poverty victory
The abolition of the two-child benefit cap is the end of a long fight by the Education Secretary
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The cruelty of Kemi Badenoch’s “Benefits Street” politics
“Scroungers” are back, courtesy of the Conservative party and the right-wing press
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Is the government about to lift the two-child benefit cap?
Pre-conference pressure means the policy could be abolished next week. But why has it taken so long?
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Andy Burnham-backed group picks fight over two-child cap
Mainstream has pushed to have the benefit cap debated at Labour conference
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A humbling week for Keir Starmer
Concessions to welfare rebels may have saved the government, but there remain lessons for the Prime Minister to learn.
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These disability benefit cuts are about to bury Labour
The proposed cuts may produce a dire electoral outcome for the government come 2029.
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Revealed: Labour’s welfare cuts will take people out of work
Martin Lewis’s charity has uncovered a false economy within the government’s disability benefit cuts.
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How the weather changed on the “cruel” two-child benefit cap
Labour’s manifesto promises on child poverty are catching up with Keir Starmer.
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Inside Keir Starmer’s messy reset
Why the U-turn over winter fuel payment cuts is just the beginning.
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PMQs review: Will Labour’s winter fuel U-turn work?
Despite Starmer’s reversal of a deeply unpopular policy, Badenoch struggled to take advantage.
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The truth about Labour’s benefits plan
Myths about “scroungers”, overdiagnosis and easy solutions are twisting the debate beyond recognition.
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What the public thinks about benefits
Exclusive polling suggests Labour’s welfare reforms could be popular.
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Why Britain isn’t working
How the benefits system became a danger to the economy and a battleground for Labour.
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The UK’s broken system makes losers of us all
Today’s welfare state asks for and confirms people’s incapacity to work – not their ability to do so.
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Labour faces a winter of discontent over fuel payment cuts
There is anger and anxiety among MPs over Rachel Reeves’s austerity measure.
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Britain’s worklessness crisis is getting worse
Rishi Sunak is attempting to tackle “sick-note culture” – but the Tories are exacerbating the problem.
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Tired stereotypes of the long-term sick have returned
To reduce the rise in economic inactivity, people need holistic support not punitive sanctions.
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“Cautious Rachel” defends two-child benefit cap
Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting put on a jovial show of Labour unity amid rumours of division.
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The two-child benefit cap makes the future a luxury
Labour should scrap the welfare limit as a first step to a more family-friendly tax system.
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