Boris Johnson’s social care plan would leave the poorest subsidising the wealthiest
The Conservatives’ proposed national insurance rise is effectively a tax on their opponent’s base to fund benefits for their own.
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How much austerity are the Conservatives prepared to impose?
The planned cut to Universal Credit will be a test of the Tories’ willingness to make painful spending reductions.
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How Universal Credit is one of the least generous welfare systems in Europe
Even with the temporary £20 increase, Universal Credit represents just 18 per cent of average weekly earnings.
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Kate Mosse’s Diary: Walking in downpours, the joys of Eurovision and how becoming a carer changed me
Without any irony or modishness, I’ve remained loyal to Eurovision. It’s all about the subversive excitement and the kitsch.
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A third of adults in Britain live in unsafe and insecure housing
New data shows 57 per cent of black adults and 65 per cent of single mothers are affected by insecure…
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The three tests of Wales’ universal basic income pilot
A successful UBI scheme has to pass three tests: adequacy, fairness and longevity.
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New: You’re 23 times more likely to be prosecuted for benefit fraud than tax fraud in the UK
Yet tax crimes cost the economy nine times more.
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Leader: The Covid-19 crisis and the virtues of an active state
The vaccine roll-out is a model of the public-private innovation that governments can nurture.
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