Columnists
Paul Nowak: With its New Deal, Labour have shown they will stand up for working-class communities
There are no two ways about it – working people have been abandoned by the Conservatives. It’s time for a reset.
New Deal
Justine Greening should reaffirm the UK’s commitment to a New Deal for the world’s poorest
In order to continue to support the world’s poorest and most vulnerable citizens, Justine Greening should reaffirm the UK's commitment to the New Deal and its support for the integration of the New Deal into the post-MDG agenda when she goes to the International Dialogue event on Friday.
Cameron’s “back of a fag packet” welfare speech brings back Labour policies he’d scrapped
David Cameron’s keynote welfare speech yesterday included the re-announcement of a Labour policy which he scrapped when the Tories came into government.
On welfare reform, IDS is ignoring the ERAD project; Miliband must not join him
A little-known program, the Employment Retention and Advancement Demonstration Project, could be the basis of a new phase of welfare reform, argues Stephen Evans.
Of sacred cows and wise turkeys
David Cameron and Nick Clegg certainly aren’t the first to forget the lessons of history, but in the unravelling of their plans is laughably predictable.