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In rejecting the government’s plan this week to time limit employment and support allowance for cancer patients to just one year, the House of Lords has struck a blow for common sense and compassion. On an astonishing night in parliament, over 220 Lords backed a...

  We all remember the current spending review. Osborne told us Britain was bankrupt, Gordon Brown had got it all wrong, and the only way to cut the deficit was to cut and cut fast. Capital investment was in the firing line and project after project was halted. We...

In November 2012, millions of people will get the chance to vote for the new police and crime commissioner posts across England and Wales. Ever since it was obvious that the posts would become established, once the legislation was passed, I have argued that Labour...

The government suffered a huge blow to its planned changes to the welfare system on Wednesday night when the House of Lords voted three times against means testing of benefits for cancer patients and young disabled people. In the commons chamber, I congratulated the...