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The Tories don’t want to make work pay. They want to make working families pay

Stephen Timms
2 September, 2015

David Cameron doesn’t have the first idea how to lead a workers’ party

IDS is yesterday’s man seeking headlines

Neil Coyle
25 August, 2015

A minister desperately trying to hide from his own policy failures at great human cost

The jobs figures: even if it’s a blip, it’s a worrying one

Richard Exell
15 July, 2015

As the prime minister boasted about the coalition’s jobs record, the reality was heading in the opposite direction

Why the ‘welfare merry-go-round’ is just spin

Donald Hirsch
23 June, 2015

We pay taxes for the NHS in case we need healthcare – why should welfare be any different?

This week’s most read: Jeremy Corbyn, an economist’s view of Osborne, and even more sanctions

Ruby Stockham
20 June, 2015

The most read stories on Left Foot Forward this week

He voted against benefit exceptions for cancer patients: meet the new minister for disabled people

James Bloodworth
12 May, 2015

Sounds like he’s brimming with compassion

Cutting support for deaf workers and increasing the Bedroom Tax: welcome back, Iain Duncan Smith

Ruby Stockham
11 May, 2015

IFS analysis sets out what welfare users can expect now the Tories are back in – and it’s not good

Where parties stand on the issues affecting women

Ruby Stockham
29 April, 2015

In 2011, 24 per cent of mothers said welfare reforms had forced them to give up work

IFS says next Conservative government will continue hitting poorest hardest

Ruby Stockham
28 April, 2015

New analysis also says that the pace of cuts will be faster this time

Right to buy: the Tories continue their campaign to erode the welfare state

Kevin Gulliver
14 April, 2015

The Tories seek to revisit Thatcher’s legacy with a policy that will promote social cleansing

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