MPs call for Universal Credit expansion to be delayed, warning system on brink of ‘collapse’
Members of DWP committee fear next month’s planned roll-out could leave ‘hundreds of thousands’ without benefits.
Labour
8.3m people have personal debt problems — it’s a bubble waiting to burst
Personal debt in Britain stands at £200bn and grows by 10 per cent a year. Any increase in interest rates could tip millions over the edge.
Students call national demo against tuition fees, after Tories lose bid to raise cap
The Conservative Party was forced to abandon plans to hike tuition fees by £250 each year, after the DUP caused them major embarrassment by backing a Labour motion to block the rise.
The government will lift 1 per cent pay cap — but their new offer is dismal
Jeremy Corbyn said at the TUC that the Labour Party “totally rejects the Tories’ attempt to divide and rule” by offering pay rises to some and not others.
Labour should champion free movement indefinitely, not just for a “transitional period”
Polls show advocating free movement doesn’t spell electoral suicide — even a majority of Leave voters support it. Labour needs to wake up to this.
May drops promise to curb corporate excess, slammed by unions as “feeble”
She promised radical reform in boardrooms and that “big business needs to change”, but the plans unveiled today maintain the status quo in the City.
Labour are right to consider women-only carriages. Here’s why
Whatever you think of the policy, it is clear we must do something drastic to stop sexual assaults on public transport.
We need a radical solution to fight populism — the answer might be federalism
The only real and effective solution to the reactionary politics of populism is returning power to people at a local level.
Our electoral system is hugely unrepresentative and increasingly unpredictable — new report
First-past-the-post is so broken that the Tories would have won a majority in the House of Commons if they’d picked up just 533 more votes.
Jeremy Corbyn must back anti-fracking protests
The Labour leader is expected to be near major anti-fracking protests at the end of the week. He should join the movement against dirty energy, Natalie Bennett writes.