Welfare

We must stop Universal Credit now: it's already wrecking lives

The government has pushed the full roll-out of Universal Credit further down the road, but we must stop it altogether, argues John Rees
Universal Credit: pausing is not enough, abolish it

Universal credit is not about 'reform', it's about the Tories penalising the poor, argues Steph Pike
Universal Credit: gross incompetence or calculated cruelty?

After the defeat for the government over its welfare reforms, we have to do everything we can to sweep it away
For Whose Benefit? The Everyday Realities of Welfare Reform

For Whose Benefit? shows how the hard-won rights to social security have become stigmatised through a series of in-depth interviews, finds Jacqueline Mulhallen
This is our time, but we have to organise - weekly briefing

The left is on the front foot - we can't let this moment pass
Theresa the Granny’s house snatcher

The Tories' inept flailing around on their social care plans shows that the market can't solve the problem
NHS: Britain is in a humanitarian crisis

The roots of the precarious state of our welfare system lie in the Tories' austerity policies, writes Ollie Turnbull
Autumn Statement: different Chancellor, Same Tune

Despite the Autumn Statement's projection for the future being bleak, the Tory austerity project remains in place, argues Adam Tomes
Hunger Pains: Life inside Foodbank Britain

Austerity policies targeting the benefits system have created enormous suffering, as a study of the rise of foodbanks shows, finds Ellen Graubart
Critical condition: saving Homerton Hospital

Threatened privatisation at Homerton Hospital has sparked a local campaign. Ellen Graubart reports on how government plans for the NHS are being resisted
The biggest anti-nuclear march in a generation

Saturday's march against the renewal of Britain's nuclear weapons was angry, political and full of hope, reports Tom Griffiths
Labour resigns as the Opposition

Yesterday’s vote could well be a milestone in the decline of the Labour Party. It was a shameful spectacle to see Labour's majority abstaining writes John Westmoreland
Losing your home: explaining the Coalition's eviction epidemic

The Tory war on welfare is implicated in the growing numbers of evictions finds Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi in the third part of her investigation into housing in Coalition Britain
Good Times, Bad Times: The Welfare Myth of Them and Us

Good Times, Bad Times exposes pernicious myths about the welfare state, and shows how much the great majority of us benefit from it, finds Ellen Graubart
Who are the real spongers?

Graphic showing the vast scale of the Bank bailouts compared to estimates of benefit fraud for the last ten years

Welfare

Welfare

We must stop Universal Credit now: it's already wrecking lives

The government has pushed the full roll-out of Universal Credit further down the road, but we must stop it altogether, argues John Rees

Universal Credit: pausing is not enough, abolish it

Universal credit is not about 'reform', it's about the Tories penalising the poor, argues Steph Pike

Universal Credit: gross incompetence or calculated cruelty?

After the defeat for the government over its welfare reforms, we have to do everything we can to sweep it away

For Whose Benefit? The Everyday Realities of Welfare Reform

For Whose Benefit? shows how the hard-won rights to social security have become stigmatised through a series of in-depth interviews, finds Jacqueline Mulhallen

This is our time, but we have to organise - weekly briefing

The left is on the front foot - we can't let this moment pass

Theresa the Granny’s house snatcher

The Tories' inept flailing around on their social care plans shows that the market can't solve the problem

NHS: Britain is in a humanitarian crisis

The roots of the precarious state of our welfare system lie in the Tories' austerity policies, writes Ollie Turnbull

Autumn Statement: different Chancellor, Same Tune

Despite the Autumn Statement's projection for the future being bleak, the Tory austerity project remains in place, argues Adam Tomes

Hunger Pains: Life inside Foodbank Britain

Austerity policies targeting the benefits system have created enormous suffering, as a study of the rise of foodbanks shows, finds Ellen Graubart

Critical condition: saving Homerton Hospital

Threatened privatisation at Homerton Hospital has sparked a local campaign. Ellen Graubart reports on how government plans for the NHS are being resisted

The biggest anti-nuclear march in a generation

Saturday's march against the renewal of Britain's nuclear weapons was angry, political and full of hope, reports Tom Griffiths

Labour resigns as the Opposition

Yesterday’s vote could well be a milestone in the decline of the Labour Party. It was a shameful spectacle to see Labour's majority abstaining writes John Westmoreland

Losing your home: explaining the Coalition's eviction epidemic

The Tory war on welfare is implicated in the growing numbers of evictions finds Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi in the third part of her investigation into housing in Coalition Britain

Good Times, Bad Times: The Welfare Myth of Them and Us

Good Times, Bad Times exposes pernicious myths about the welfare state, and shows how much the great majority of us benefit from it, finds Ellen Graubart

Who are the real spongers?

Graphic showing the vast scale of the Bank bailouts compared to estimates of benefit fraud for the last ten years

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