Labour’s delay of Universal Credit would cost the taxpayer money

Labour’s main criticism seems to be that the scheme is running behind schedule – their answer is a further three month delay

IDS has a year to prove his welfare reforms are working

How many will be on Universal Credit in a year’s time?

Henry Hill: Alliance councillors attacked in their home quit politics

Also: Welsh patients told to ‘gain weight’ to receive anti-obesity surgery; and NI deadlock on benefit reform.

Jill Kirby: The growing belief that even the poorest should contribute to their own welfare

A new report by Theos finds support for reciprocity and mutual support rather than means testing.

WATCH: Francis Maude says it is “simply incorrect” that he and IDS have fallen out over Universal Credit

“I’m a very strong supporter of what he is doing”, he tells Andrew Neil.

Akash Paun: How to stop the strife between Ministers and civil servants

We can do better than the Permanent Secretaries’ annual performance objectives – late this year, and regarded by them as a joke.

We will stop paying people to be idle: an interview with Iain Duncan Smith

“When you sneer at somebody who stacks shelves, you sneer at the whole cycle of work, and that’s not good.”

Centralisation plus complexity: a fatal formula for welfare reform

According to the National Audit Office, the Government’s flagship welfare reform policy – Universal Credit – is in trouble. The… Read more »