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IDS: pensioners’ benefits cut could appear in next manifesto
Iain Duncan Smith said pensioners will get plenty of warning in a manifesto pledge “if there are going to be any changes made” to their benefits, which include free bus passes, television licences and...
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Labour’s in a welfare trap, but David Cameron mustn’t gloat
It’s the Second Reading of the Welfare Uprating Bill this afternoon, or as Andrew Rawnsley imagined George Osborne might really call it, the Welfare (Make Labour Look Like the Party for Skiving Fat...
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Another lord-a-leaping
MORNING BRIEFING – By Benedict Brogan (Daily Telegraph). Trade minister Lord Marland of Odstock has handed in his resignation. Like Lord Strathclyde, the former Tory Party treasurer wants to spend more...
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Millions face tax rise in pensions shake-up
The new pension could be worth as much as £155 a week when the scheme starts in 2017. It is expected to be announced early next week and will replace the current complex system under which pensions are...
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A moment of truth on the welfare state
I’m sure it is entirely coincidental, but since this column’s pre-Christmas diatribe against the lie perpetrated by politicians of all parties – that present welfare provision can be sustained into the...
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Mid Staffs crisis: No one wants to talk about the real scandal of our time
At any given moment, there exists at least one delicate subject that all mainstream political parties would much rather not discuss. For many years the abuse of MPs’ expenses fell into this category....
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Iain Duncan Smith: I could live on £53 per week
Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, said it would be possible to live on so little, after a benefits claimant told the BBC he gets by on £53 per week after housing costs. The senior...
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A million on benefit capable of work
The Work and Pensions Secretary will release figures showing how many people are long-term claimants of unemployment benefit and other welfare payments. The statistics are likely to add to a Coalition...
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Iain Duncan Smith: cut welfare to fund police and Forces
The Work and Pensions Secretary has personally contacted the Defence and Home Secretaries to set out the details of the proposed cuts after they raised concerns about the impact on national security of...
View ArticleIain Duncan Smith: My message to these panic-stricken, self-indulgent Cabinet...
It is impossible at the moment for two or more Conservatives to gather together without immediately and at some length discussing the recent election. I say ‘discuss’, but that part only follows when...
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