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Misleading to claim welfare reform will cut child poverty levels
Making hundreds of thousands of families poorer, and then making some a little better off, does not count as a child poverty reduction plan, writes Nicola Smith.
Look Left – ’AV it! Referendum campaign gets into full swing
After months of shadow boxing, the campaign proper kicked off this week as the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill finally received Royal Assent.
How the ‘jilted generation’ is paying for coalition’s cuts
More than 2,000 young people from across the country, including from the Prime Minister's own constituency of Witney in Oxfordshire, have signed a letter to David Cameron to be published today, calling for the government to think again on its planned cuts to youth provision and support.
Who’d have thought it – ‘real’ welfare is working
Is Britain really broken? New findings suggest that the growth of so called 'welfare dependency' may be massively overstated, reports Daisy Blacklock.
IDS dodges questions on DWP statistics
IDS has dodged questions from Left Foot Forward regarding the misuse of DWP statistics.
Clegg’s housing headache
A lib dem rebellion on housing benefit proposals is brewing - with both Bob Russell MP and Simon Hughes leading the charge.