Chrissie Hynde
: Don't Get Me Wrong: I Won't Stand For Cruelty to Geese
Ed Miliband
: A Distant and Distracted Cameron Cannot Tackle Tax Avoidance
Charles Moore
: Margaret Thatcher's First Visit to Washington of the Reagan Presidency
Natalie Bennett
: Jobs You Can Build a Life On: The British Economy Isn't Delivering
Seth Freedman
: We Don't Need No Regulation
George Osborne is going to fight back over benefit cuts, accusing church leader critics of "depressingly predictable outrage." The Chancellor will...
The government has defended its controversial reforms to the welfare state in the face of attacks from church leaders, charities and opposition politi...
Labour has stepped up its protests against housing benefit cuts - claiming there is no alternative local accommodation for 96% of those hit by the so-...
A group of leading churches has branded the Government's cuts to benefits as "unjust", saying the most vulnerable people are paying a "disproportionat...
Millionaire Tory party chairman, Grant Shapps, has defended the so-called "bedroom tax" insisting that even his children share a bedroom. But it wa...
Appearances are deceiving. You can't judge a person's eligibility for sickness benefit by looking at him or her. So don't do it.
Thousands of people around the country have protested against the so-called "bedroom tax", which will cut the benefit of social housing tenants with a...
Benefit chiefs rejected fresh claims a flagship welfare reform was "on the edge of disaster" after it was announced a full trial of the new Universal ...
The French far right has praised David Cameron for "smashing the taboo" over immigration, in dubious applause for the prime minister, who has been kee...
Judging by the packed out audiences that have been turning out to hear him speak as the bedroom tax fast approaches, Sheridan's return to active politics in Scotland is not only welcome, it is long overdue.
Immigrants from poor countries, arriving here with nothing, have to work twice as hard for the things normal people take for granted; they can only dream of the privilege Cameron enjoys. Something for nothing? Most immigrants were never given anything.
Be sure of this: the one thing these policies are not about is saving money. If the government really wanted to save money, it would introduce much more stringent banking reforms. It would heavily regulate the financial sector that steered the country into this recession. It would close the tax gap, which is currently estimated to be over £100 billion a year.
David Cameron has been accused of peddling "myths" about the number of immigrants who claim benefits in Britain, after he said he wanted to stop the U...
Romanians coming to live in the UK are not migrating to claim benefits, but to work, one of Romania's leading recruiters for Britain has said. Davi...
Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander has again slapped down calls for welfare to bear more of the burden of the coalition's austerity cuts. The...
So budget week is upon us, and with it will come the inevitably predictable proclamations and protestations about who will be hit the hardest.
Disabled people may be unable to share a room with their husband, wife or partner, simply because their disability causes pain and discomfort which means neither of them can sleep properly. They might be unable to share a room if assistive equipment disrupts sleep.
David Cameron urged restive Tories to focus their energies on fighting Labour as he sought to quell unrest among activists over his leadership. He ...
Protests are taking place nationwide against a new "bedroom tax" that will cut benefits to people with a spare room. Under the government's welfare...
Cameron will seek to reassure restive Tory activists by promising to foster "aspiration" and give school sport a £150 million cash boost. The Prim...
I think as a young person starting their first job, a smaller company is a great setting to work within because you really feel like part of the team. From my interview with the CEO to my inclusion in day to day operations, I have felt like a valued member of the Thomsons team.
Welfare Myth Number 1 is that the benefit system is expensive. When politicians want to frighten us they add together the cost of all benefits and pensions and get a staggering figure of £180 billion.
The new Archbishop of Canterbury has backed away from a row with ministers over welfare changes - and admitted he used to claim benefits himself. J...
The Ukip policy on the European Convention or ECHR is quite straightforward. We wish to withdraw from this discredited shambles. Why? Because the European Court of Justice has become a danger to British democracy and an affront to human rights in general. The Convention has been used to protect and mother cuddle terrorists, rapists and preachers of hatred.
A damning picture of communities stricken by poverty, crime and unrest, tenants savagely competing "Lord of the Flies" style for housing, has been dra...
