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Disabled People Against Cuts protest outside Parliament against government cuts to Personal Independent Payments in March 2017
THE figures involved and the sheer incompetence revealed by the National Audit Office’s report into the underpayment of employment and support allowance (ESA) obscure the real effect of the scandal.
Tens of thousands of disabled people, already forced to rely on meagre government benefits, have been forced into further hardship by the callous and unthinking officials of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
It boggles the mind that the problem has rumbled on for so many years, starting in 2010. The auditors put this politely, writing that the DWP “process for converting people’s benefits to ESA … did not reflect its own legislation.”
Tony Benn’s constituents chose him by an overwhelming majority — but because he had inherited a peerage, parliamentary rules declared their choice invalid, writes MAT COWARD
As a proportion of GDP the total welfare bill is lower than it was 15 years ago. The claim that it is spiralling out of control is mythmaking, argues DIANE ABBOTT
The unions are unhappy with the Employment Rights Act 2025 and with good reason. KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC take a close look at why the Bill promised more than it delivered
A ‘new phase’ for Starmerism is fairly similar to the old phase – only worse. ANDREW MURRAY takes a look