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THE Conservative Party descended into chaos yesterday, with Tory MPs attacking George Osborne’s proposed cuts to tax credits.
The rebellion against the Chancellor’s flagship policy was led by Heidi Allen, who attacked it in her maiden speech after she could “sit on her hands no longer.”
South Cambridgeshire’s new MP passionately denounced her party’s “single-minded determination” to cut £4.4 billion from working tax credits.
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
We cannot refuse to abolish the unjustifiable two-child benefit cap that pushes children into poverty while finding billions of pounds for defence spending — the membership and the public expect better from Labour, writes JON TRICKETT MP
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY