Cooper stresses fiscal restraint amid Labour row over two-child benefit cap
Yvette Cooper has this morning insisted Labour must be “clear about what we can fund” as a row grips the party over Sir Keir Starmer’s updated position on the two-child benefit cap. The Labour leader confirmed yesterday that a Labour government would keep the controversial policy, introduced under the Conservatives. The two-child limit prevents parents […]
Within DWP, is anyone asking if benefits are adequate?
Is our benefit system is generous enough?
From beyond the grave, the civil servant who saved child benefit finally reveals his secret
Man behind major political scandal over the introduction of child benefit is finally revealed
Comment: A cap on child benefit is the sensible solution to the welfare problem
A mature debate about the function and effectiveness of a system that spends £214 billion a year is healthy and necessary; using Mick Philpott to demonise welfare claimants is not.
Child benefit change ‘will be a disaster for ministers’
The government’s plans to withdraw child benefit for well-off families could be an “operational and reputational disaster” for ministers, accountants have claimed.
Tories brace for middle-class child benefit anger
The Conservatives are releasing polling demonstrating the popularity of the coalition’s child benefit cuts in a bid to forestall criticism of the move.
Budget 2012: Give to the rich, give to the poor
George Osborne is to help the very richest as well as the poorest in society in his third Budget later.
Reckless: This will not pass in its current form
The Tory backbencher leading Conservative opposition to the bill said there are fairer ways to save the money.
Balls: This policy will punish parents
The shadow chancellor criticised the unfairness of the government’s proposed changes to the child benefit system.
Clegg: We want tax cuts, not benefits, for the middle class
The deputy prime minister told Sky News Sunrise that the government is committed to making child benefit fairer.
