When will politicians stop taking the public for fools on immigration?
Politicians refuse to tell the truth to voters, when they say that immigration is the cause of persistently high worklessness, writes Declan Gaffney.
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Sinning with statistics: Frank Field on welfare and immigration
There is no question of Frank Field lying: but there are other ways to sin with statistics – as Mr Field proves through his analysis of benefit payments.
One and half cheers for Lib Dem opposition to Osborne’s benefit cap
Declan Gaffney finds it possible to “agree with Nick”… well, almost – there may be some agreement over Lib Dem opposition to George Osborne’s regressive benefit cap.
All in the family? Putting intergenerational poverty into perspective
Does poverty in childhood inevitably lead to poverty in adulthood? Is it passed from parents to children, ‘cascading down the generations’? Special report by Declan Gaffney.
‘Feminism trumps egalitarianism’ only if Willetts’s soundbite trumps evidence
David Willetts’s soundbite that ‘feminism trumped egalitarianism’ is refuted by Declan Gaffney, with analysis showing how both work together for social mobility.
A new low in DWP’s war on disabled benefit claimants?
On Friday, Left Foot Forward published a guide to faking up a benefits story in five easy steps using publicly available data; somebody followed the steps almost to the letter in concocting a story in today’s Sun.
How to fake up a Daily Mail benefits story in five easy steps
Declan Gaffney presents Left Foot Forward’s step-by-step guide of how to fake up a Daily Mail benefits story.
The weirdness at the core of Universal Credit
As the details emerge of the government’s big ticket welfare reform, the introduction of Universal Credit, it looks as if for once the hubristic language might be justified.
The ‘inexplicable’ rise in Disability Living Allowance explained
Left Foot Forward’s Declan Gaffney explains why there has been a rise in the number of people claiming Disability Living Allowance.
Today’s Express, Mail, Sun and Telegraph all wrong on Incapacity Benefit
Today’s Daily Express, Daily Mail, Sun and Telegraph all published misleading facts about Incapacity Benefit today, reports Declan Gaffney.