welfare Articles

Labour will have to do more than just win the 'moral argument' on universal credit if it is to protect the most vulnerable in society, writes Sheila Gilmore In all the current media coverage of universal credit there is a danger that we lose sight of the fact that it...

The Labour leader's deliberate vagueness on social security is a betrayal of those that elected him hoping he would rebuild Britain's broken welfare state, argues Alan Lockey Perhaps it was inevitable anyway. Nevertheless, the significance of the 2015 welfare reform...

Only by convincing the electorate that Labour is a credible alternative government can we tackle the inequities of Britain's social security system, argues Progress strategy board member Sheila Gilmore I have a confession to make. I have not seen ' I, Daniel Blake'. I...

From abandoning their deficit targets to slashing funding for education, it is clear the Tories are failing on their own terms, argues Progress chair Alison McGovern MP Debt The Tories have delayed their target on debt three times since 2010 Background: Their original...