‘Survival sex’ scandal prompts call to take benefit powers away from DWP and hand them to Scottish Parliament
Scottish equalities minister Christina McKelvie has called for the Scottish Parliament to have complete control of benefits north of the …
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Tories pretend their press office is a ‘fact check’ organisation. Public ridicule is hilarious
The Conservative Party seems to be getting desperate. Its press office resorted to the dirty trick of pretending to be …
Tory and Labour leaders clash in TV debate – and Corbyn walks it
Did anybody really think Boris Johnson would beat Jeremy Corbyn in a televised debate? Well, he didn’t! Mr Corbyn’s calm, …
Election 2019: Tories (and Lib Dems) have offered nothing but empty promises about poverty
These are the facts: Wages are still £20 per week below pre-financial crash levels; take the top 10 per cent …
Tory NHS lies may derail election campaign after health bosses highlight staffing crisis
Remember when Tories from Boris Johnson down were falling over themselves to boast about building 40 new hospitals? Then they …
Benefit payments are at their meanest since start of ‘welfare state’ – and Tories plan to make them worse
It takes a special kind of psychosis to push people into destitution, despair, sickness and suicide – and pledge to …
Loach heads campaigners calling for benefit assessment ban after job centre death
A campaign to ban benefit assessment interviews has been launched after a 65-year-old man with diabetes collapsed and died after …
Elderly man – with long-term illness – dies at Job Centre after being found ‘fit for work’
If this does say everything about why we need a change of government, I don’t know what does. A man …
Thinking of voting Liberal Democrat? Think again – for all our sakes
The Liberal Democrats are apparently enjoying a surge in support in marginal London constituencies – why? In office, they were …
Food bank use has soared by 3,800% and child poverty is up 38% under Conservative rule
As Boris Johnson tried to woo business leaders, the Mirror has revealed shocking figures condemning the way the Conservatives have attacked …