It hasn't been admitted publicly - but it looks like the Tories' war on lone parents has resumed. Lone parents won't forget the way in which they were demonised by previous Conservative governments - Peter Lilley's "little list", John Redwood's notorious visit to the St Mellons estate in Wales - and a host of policies that left lone parents struggling in poverty to bring up children on their own.

David Cameron is "interested" in exploring the idea of varying welfare payments across the UK to reflect differences in wages and the cost of living, ...

David Lammy will be more successful in reducing rioting in the future if he brings to task the government rather than point his finger at us single parents.