Iain Duncan Smith
Does the child poverty agenda now belong to the Conservatives?
Declan Gaffney looks at the British Social Attitudes Survey 2011 and asks whether the child poverty agenda now belongs to Iain Duncan Smith’s Conservatives.
Cameron’s talk won’t solve the pensions crisis
Barbara Bates talks about her fears over pensions, explaining how David Cameron, once again, just doesn’t get it.
Tories whitewash the millions set to lose from welfare reform
Sue Marsh presents her first thoughts on Chris Grayling and Iain Duncan Smith’s speeches on welfare reform at the Conservative party conference today.
Mr Nasty: The regressive, judgemental horror of IDS’ marriage tax plans
The Tory marriage tax policy is the worst example of vicious, right-wing ideology, social engineering, the nasty party at its nastiest, writes Shamik Das.
DWP admits disability reform based on dodgy figures, as reported by Left Foot Forward
DWP has acknowledged that one of the key statistics it has used to justify radical change to disability benefits ‘gives a distorted picture’, six months after Left Foot Forward pointed it out.
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.