And it’s not a Labour thing to do.” So says former Labour big beast turned centrist-dad podcaster Ed Balls about the government’s welfare reform ... attuned to the market and media ...

About two fifths of new incapacity benefit claimants under 25 came directly from education. The latest DWP analysis shows ...

Many of the measures already implemented to reduce government spending have actually pushed people further away from the labour market.

OUR welfare system is wildly out of control — and Labour’s commendable reforms are a vital first effort to rein it in. They may still be too mild to turn it around. That is unsurprising.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell modestly last week, remaining within the same range of recent ...

Liz Kendall’s announcement in the House of Commons that £5bn needed to come off the welfare bill by 2030 was made in defiance of a strong Labour tradition ... which made the case for the use of market ...

A Labour MP has defended Rachel Reeves’ unpopular welfare reform, calling out those “trapped in a welfare net”. Mike Tapp, MP for Dover and Deal, told the Express: “We need to assess ...

The United Kingdom’s Labour Party cut welfare spending to boost the economy and save costs. The reforms, unveiled on Tuesday afternoon in a Green Paper, aim to save £5 billion, or $6.5 billion ...