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19 March 2015updated 26 Sep 2023 8:24am

It is shameful that Labour buys into the rhetoric that people who need welfare are scum

The Labour party is missing the opportunity to stand up proudly for low-paid workers and those who rely on state support.

By Frances Ryan

(Photo By Labour should stop accepting the Tory premise that welfare is shameful. Photo: Getty)

I’m not sure at what point the Labour party decided people on benefits weren’t equal citizens. Perhaps Rachel Reeves can pin it down. This week, the shadow work and pensions secretary was quoted in the Guardian saying:

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