The great lie about the British welfare state
Punishing idlers into work has never produced full employment
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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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Tax the old
Britain cannot afford to bribe well-off pensioners any longer. Rachel Reeves must invest in the young
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Exclusive: how a flagship Labour policy put a £310m hole in school budgets
Expanding free school meals is a great policy, but the government does not seem to have accounted for the extra…
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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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How to organise a government rebellion
Also this week: Fighting for disability rights and Labour at a crossroads.
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The welfare bill that pleased no one
The Starmer-Reeves regime is bruised, it needs a new comms strategy.
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This week has been a wake-up call for Labour
We were elected on a mandate for change. After this welfare fiasco, we must return to that mission.
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The welfare crisis no one is talking about
Instead of parliamentary bust-ups, Scottish politicians have found a novel answer to the benefits bill: silence and inertia.
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A bigger Labour crisis lies ahead
Major tax rises by Rachel Reeves at the Budget are now inevitable.
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The mutiny against Liz Kendall
Labour must get a grip on insurgent backbenchers who oppose its welfare bill.
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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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Inside Labour’s welfare revolt
Keir Starmer’s political authority is now on the line.
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Is the government about to drop Liz Kendall’s welfare reform bill?
Government figures are telling rebels that this vote will be a confidence matter in Keir Starmer.
By Labour is heading for war over welfare cuts
Rebel MPs are unimpressed by the government’s “olive branch”.
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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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Has Labour bungled welfare reform?
This was a masterclass in bad comms.
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A Labour welfare revolt is still brewing
As many as 40 of Keir Starmer’s MPs are threatening to rebel against benefit cuts.
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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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Keir Starmer’s great gamble
Can the Prime Minister keep Labour’s fragile coalition together?
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