MSPs outline “grave concerns” about UK welfare reforms
MSPs today expressed “grave concerns” over the likely impact on Scotland’s most vulnerable people as a result of Westminster’s £2.5 billion cut in benefits.
Social Justice
Economic update – May 2012: Osborne’s austerity strangles Britain
IPPR chief economist Tony Dolphin presents his latest Left Foot Forward economic update, for May 2012.
Now the Tories come for the blind people’s benefits
It emerged today the Tory-led government has plans to attack the benefits of blind people, reports Shamik Das.
Time for Clegg to bridge the early intervention gap and act on social mobility
It is time for Nick Clegg to bridge the early intervention gap and act like a real family man, writes Family Action’s Anthony McCaul.
IDS’s continuing spin war against people with disabilities: part 47
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions continues to use misleading figures on the growth of disability benefit claims to underpin his case for reform.
The Queen’s Speech needs an ‘Economic Freedom Bill’
An ‘Economic Freedom Bill’ in the Queen’s Speech could address these wider economic imbalances, writes Mike Morgan-Giles.
Poll: 68 is too late for state pension, is “unfair” and will hit the poorest hardest
Neil Foster of Progressive Polling reports on new poll data showing public disapproval of the government’s plans to raise the state pension age.
Welsh education minister: ‘Callous, ignorant’ IDS should be sacked
Welsh education minister Leighton Andrews has called on UK work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith to be sacked over his “callous” comments on Remploy.
Bringing sack-happy Mayr-Melnhof Packaging to heel
Tony Burke, Assistant General Secretary of Unite, writes about Liverpool workers’ fight for justice against sack-happy Mayr-Melnhof Packaging.
This is a watershed moment for the future of free school meals
Universal Credit will trap over 100,000 familes on a ‘benefit cliff-edge’: it’s time to extend eligibility for free school meals to all children in poverty.