This Government must be about more than Brexit, and there are a range of practical steps we can and should take straight away.
Making the scheme more accessible and user-friendly would help, as would supporting unpaid internships, work experience placements and volunteering.
Over time, proposals have either been denounced as politically correct nonsense, or embraced with an enthusiastic “me, too”-ism. Neither approach is exactly rigorous.
Introducing Bright Blue’s seventy-point plan to support Theresa May in her quest to combat the “burning injustices” she outlined on the steps of Downing Street.
A sudden, retroactive change in how ‘sleep-in’ shifts are classified risks driving many providers out of business.
Half of all food bank users are disabled, and we know that appropriate, secure, properly-paid work is the best route out of poverty.
A lot on Brexit; not much elsewhere. The lack of a majority leaves the Prime Minister exposed – whatever may happen with the DUP.
But she confirms that Britain is leaving the ECJ’s jurisdiction, and says that there is a very clear choice on Thursday – between “me and Jeremy Corbyn”.
The Government is not only for the JAMs (Just About Managing), but now also apparently for the NAAMs (Not At All Managing).
The current method that we use to assess employment support is fundamentally flawed, and should be overhauled.
And May’s reputation for straightforwardness risks damage from the Budget’s proposals for NICs.
If there is one lesson we learnt from the EU referendum last year, it is that people are crying out for more control over their lives.
How I saw civil society at work recently in Israel, across the religious and ethnic divide, and am helping to build it up in Loughborough.
With the gap between disabled and non-disabled employment rates having worsened since 2010, it’s clear that urgent action is needed.
Conservative values underpin what it can achieve – whether in apprenticeships, manufacturing exports, jobs or contributions to good causes.