Simon Evans Articles

This morning the work and pensions select committee, chaired by Anne Begg MP, reported that disabled people are waiting six months or more to hear if they are still eligible for disability benefits. This comes as no surprise to me as someone who is a disability...

Progress recently gave Labour activists the chance to win a bursary place to attend our forthcoming Political Weekend. Over the next two weeks we are publishing the offerings of a selection of those who successfully won places, answering the question 'How does Labour...

Today’s PMQs were lively as expected with the main focus being on the government’s proposed one per cent benefit cut, especially its effect on the working poor. The Tories were also gleeful about the numbers released this morning showing that unemployment figures were...