Promising news on welfare spending as major reforms set for go-ahead
Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed there will be a major overhaul of the benefits system with a new universal credit introduced. … Read the full post »
Iain Duncan Smith was Leader of the Conservative Party 2001-3 and later a member of the Cabinet.
Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed there will be a major overhaul of the benefits system with a new universal credit introduced. … Read the full post »
For a long time a central part of Liberal Democrat welfare policy was to integrate and simplify the tax and benefits system. … Read the full post »
The confusion commentators sometimes face when trying to understand the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party is illustrated by Vince Cable. … Read the full post »
The jobs and welfare section of the coalition agreement is one of the least important – not because the policy area doesn’t matter (it certainly does) but because it says very little beyond, “we want to make the welfare system better”. … Read the full post »
The electoral system, with its inherent unfairness for a party with widespread but not concentrated support like the Lib Dems, was always going to… … Read the full post »
There’s no doubt that many Conservatives are itching to shout “soft on criminals! soft on immigrants!” at the Liberal Democrats over the next few days. … Read the full post »
My keyboard brings cheery news for Conservative MP Alan Duncan. He can now vary his day calling for the expulsion of Michael Howard and other Conservatives by also… … Read the full post »
David Cameron’s satisfaction ratings are comparable to that of previous failed Conservative Party leaders Howard, Hague and IDS. … Read the full post »