As the FT notes this morning: Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to slash spending on Britain’s “broken” and “indefensible” health-related welfare system, which is costing
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I wrote about the so-called welfare cap yesterday. I was, of course, not alone in identifying it as a crass political exercise that makes no
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I have sought to define fairness on this blog this morning. I have suggested that fairness is subjective and contextual and cannot therefore be determined
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The welfare cap seems to me one of the biggest policy issues in the budget. Of course it is designed as a bear trap for
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I thought this exchange, reported in Hansard, was telling: Mr Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many benefit claimants have
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According to some survey results it is popularly believed that more than a third of all benefit claims are fraudulent. They aren’t. The best, official, estimate is:
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As the Telegraph noted this weekend: While Chancellor George Osborne insists benefit reforms are designed to help hard-working families, new rules which take effect on Saturday
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The Observer’s myth busting article on social security yields rewards to those willing to give it the attention it deserves. It’s George Osborne’s claim this ast week
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I’ve already noted the Observer’s excellent article on the myths surrounding social security. Now let’s look at another one, which is that Labour increased benefits (or social
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