Also: Northern Ireland welfare reform talks deadlock; Jones attacks reserved powers proposals as ‘pre-devolutionary’; and NI21 tragedy just won’t end.
The status quo rewards companies for pursuing a low wage business model at the expense of those who endeavour to pay a living wage.
Sam Bowman claims that unless taxes are cut at the same rate as tax credits, the Government will end up disincentivising work.
The support on offer must be value for money for the taxpayer – not to mention valuable for the parents and children who will actually use it.
The Prime Minister on his homes, education & work speech today – and more opportunities.
Savings can be found – but let’s do so thoughtfully and compassionately, not simply as a display of machismo.
Also: SNP bid for Brexit veto rejected; Burnham and Kendall take their cases to Wales; and the Commons rejects full fiscal autonomy for Scotland.
Also: Jones allies with Sturgeon on EU; SNP set to storm Scottish elections; opposition grows to Welsh e-cig ban; and SDLP leader to resign Stormont seat.
The Prime Minister’s former speechwriter is far from the only one who worries the policy isn’t working well in practice.
The current entrepreneurial spirit and endeavour are the strongest I have experienced in my career.
Also: ‘Self-financing’ Yes campaign bankrolled by the SNP; and Welsh Labour minister uninterested in ‘English Labour’ leadership contest.
She knows about work, and is unembarrassed to talk about it, because her family arrived from Uganda with nothing.
“This is supporting individuals that choose to go out to work, and to help them with the difficult and high costs of childcare.”
Also: Welsh Assembly in revolt over plans to increase members’ pay; and Carmichael at risk of recall for leaking Sturgeon’s Tory sympathies.
On polling day, we honour the unknown heroes of this government – the Special Advisers, without whom little of what has been done would have been done.