The Government should look at other family tax allowances to compensate, but the transferable allowance is the most obvious place to start.
Industries collapse as a result of uncontrollable economic forces. But politicians have some control over the extent of the fallout.
Jobseeker numbers have been rising fastest in areas built on oil and gas. Steel areas could be next.
“I am puzzled and disappointed that you have chosen to resign.”
I am unable to watch passively…fiscal self imposed restraints that I believe are more and more perceived as distinctly political rather than in the national economic interest.”
It felt more like a pre-election than a post-election one – and was shot through by a sense of the Chancellor’s political mortality.
Sanctions have failed – help and rewards for going back to work are needed.
The Commons should not reject this Lords amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill.
“A leap in the dark instead in an uncertain world – why take the risk?”
If I am to vote to remain in the EU I need a lot more than a bit of tinkering around the edges by a Prime Minister who should be leading rather than following.
The proposal is “a sick joke”.
The housing shortage is pushing benefit bills up in the prosperous South East. Here’s how to get them down.
Forecast changes and spending hikes have pushed him beyond the previous limits.
The Prime Minister and the Chancellor will undoubtedly now be brooding about means of getting the Home Secretary out of the Home Office.
The new Work and Pensions Secretary must reclaim it as a tool for improving living standards, rather than accept its current form as a Treasury-led cost cutting plan.