Major incompetence: IDS’ reforms descend into chaos
As someone who joined the Labour Party under John Major’s period as Prime Minister, I find it odd to agree with his comments on Iain Duncan Smith’s welfare reforms.
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Are 1 in 10 on the dole really immigrants?
The Sun should use language that reflects reality, not their readers’ prejudices.
Welfare reforms leave Northern Ireland worst off
A new report claims that welfare reforms could cost the Northern Ireland economy £750 million a year.
TaxPayers’ Alliance welfare proposals save little money, but add to misery
The Taxpayers Alliance has released a new report on welfare dependency, but the proposed solutions do little to save costs and only adds to hardship.
What is it like to work for an MP?
For the last two-and-a-half years, I’ve been a caseworker for Tristram Hunt, the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central.
How fair are changes to the benefits system?
To get an idea of just how fair the changes to the tax and welfare system are, Left Foot Forward have compiled a quick overview of some the changes and given them each a fairness score out of 10.
The Bedroom Tax: let’s make it Cameron’s Poll Tax
The old Marxist cliche has it that history repeats itself “first as tragedy then as farce”. It is hugely important that the Left continues to hammer home the point that the Bedroom Tax is grossly unfair – as the polls show, it isn’t falling on deaf ears.
It’s increasingly clear that the Bedroom Tax is Cameron’s Poll tax. The Left must ensure history repeats itself as farce, rather than as a tragedy for the country’s disabled people.
Progressives can win the debate on welfare
It’s regularly assumed that progressives can’t win the debate on welfare, and must outflank conservative opinion from the right. But looking at polling data more closely, this might not be the case.
Welsh low-middle income families hit hardest by welfare reforms
The coalition’s government’s welfare reforms will hit low-middle income families in Wales the hardest, according to a report produced for the Welsh government.
This week’s most read
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.