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Posts Tagged: Welfare Reform

Dan Watkins: Six reasons why the Conservatives deserved to win that no confidence vote yesterday

It’s not hard to find reasons to be frustrated with the Government, but we are still delivering for the British people.

By Dan Watkins | 17 January 2019 | 62 comments

Gareth Streeter: Three facts which suggest a rise in food bank use is not just down to Universal Credit

If we continue to scapegoat welfare reform, we will never gain the depth of understanding we need to truly make poverty history.

By Gareth B Streeter | 11 January 2019 | 65 comments

Universal Credit. Noble aim, thorny problems – and Rudd’s decision. If the scheme is to work properly, it must be paid for.

If you appoint Duncan Smith to the post she now holds, as Cameron did in 2010, it follows that you must fund his plan fully.

By Paul Goodman | 7 January 2019 | 87 comments

Five years on, cutting the spare room subsidy has been vindicated

Work has been rewarded. Predictions of rent arrears increasing have been proved false. The number of households penalised has fallen from 660,000 to 381,000.

By Harry Phibbs | 5 December 2018 | 12 comments

George Freeman: There was much to cheer in the Budget. But now we need an inspiring programme for growth.

At the moment, we are treading water and appear to be relying on popular support for Brexit, and the threat of Corbyn, to keep us in office.

By George Freeman MP | 2 November 2018 | 15 comments

A Budget with a message for Conservative MPs. Nice little seat you have there. Pity if anything happened to it.

In sum, Hammond said: vote for May’s Deal – or the economy gets it. But there’s more than one way of dicing the next election result.

By Paul Goodman | 30 October 2018 | 135 comments

John Glen: The Chancellor proved yesterday that the hard work we’ve all put in is paying off

But although the era of austerity is coming to a close, we are emphatically not rejecting the need for ongoing discipline with the public finances.

By John Glen MP | 30 October 2018 | 9 comments

Sponsored Post: Charlotte Woodworth – The Chancellor must fill the funding gap undermining Universal Credit

New research from 38 Degrees shows how this flagship policy could become a real political headache for the Conservatives.

By Charlotte Woodworth | 26 October 2018 | 39 comments

Hammond has one task only in next week’s Budget. To show that the Government is preparing for No Deal.

The Chancellor’s recent claims of a coming “Deal Dividend” sent the wrong message at the wrong time – and showed up a deep Treasury malaise.

By Paul Goodman | 26 October 2018 | 162 comments

WATCH: Mercer tells Commons that welfare reform is crucial to rewarding work

“You cannot marry the idea that you should bin universal credit with a commitment to improving the life chances of our most vulnerable constituents.”

18 October 2018 | 9 comments

WATCH: “They will be protected” – the Prime Minister’s pledge to people transitioning onto Universal Credit

“We are putting transitional protections in…so people who are moved onto Universal Credit will not see any reduction.”

10 October 2018 | 21 comments

Robert Halfon: No to Ted Clubberlang Conservatism, no to Deliveroo Conservatism, yes to Workers’ Conservatism

That’s you told, Johnson and Truss. Plus: a Universal Credit Brexit Dividend for working families.

By Robert Halfon MP | 10 October 2018 | 54 comments

The Moggcast. Universal Credit – “You would save money if you funded it properly”.

Rees-Mogg is “worried” by reports that working families will lose money. Plus: how should May pitch for Labour voters? And why he is “always on good behaviour.”

9 October 2018 | 50 comments

Osborne raided Universal Credit budgets, but it’s Hammond who is suffering the hangover

The prospect of millions of families losing out financially makes ministers jittery – as, presumably, those briefing the press intend.

By Mark Wallace | 8 October 2018 | 34 comments

Alok Sharma: Go to jobcentres, listen to claimants and staff – and you’ll hear the case for Universal Credit loud and clear

The legacy benefits system is a mix of six benefits, has three cliff-edges – and punishes extra hours. It lets people down and holds them back.

By Alok Sharma MP | 21 September 2018 | 19 comments

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