Labour was the party that created the welfare state. Now it is intent on cutting it back. And in Liz Kendall, the government has found a Labour work and pensions secretary clearly entirely ...

The United Kingdom’s Labour Party cut welfare spending to boost ... setting up identity troubles for the party that founded the U.K.’s welfare state. Xi Jinping has spent his career preparing ...

A major trade union has said it is prepared to bring Northern Ireland to a "standstill" to put pressure on Westminster and ...

For Labour, a party that sees itself as the creator and guardian of the country’s post-World War II welfare state, cutting support for some of the most vulnerable in society is especially ...

One startling conclusion of the NIESR is that “The poorest households in Slovenia and Malta are now better off than the ...

The proof that sacred cows really are being sacrificed is the anger (ideally impotent anger) of those who cherish them most – Labour’s left wingers. Their reaction is not merely predictable (and ...

Labour has no mandate for its assault on the disabled, pensioners, and the NHS. Its dismantling of the remnants of the welfare state removes the entire historical justification for the party’s ...

The proposed eligibility changes for PIP are expected to impact between 800,000 and 1.2 million people currently receiving ...

Labour was the party that created the welfare state. Now it is intent on cutting it back. And in Liz Kendall, the government has found a Labour work and pensions secretary clearly entirely comfortable ...