Winter fuel payment
Can you really give back your pensioner perks?
This weekend, Iain Duncan Smith sparked a furore when a Sunday Telegraph interview quoted him as saying he would ‘encourage everybody who reads the Telegraph and doesn’t need [their winter… Continue reading
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Winter fuel payments, broken promises, and the EU referendum
Another day, another confusing briefing about public spending. Yesterday Downing Street got itself into a lather over defence spending. Today it’s pensioner benefits. The Independent’s story that the Lib Dems… Continue reading
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The winter fuel payment silliness continues
On the subject of welfare, while the Lords debates whether a disabled person who can walk further than the length of a cricket pitch is allowed help with their transport… Continue reading
66 Comments The Tories mustn’t make another silly pledge on benefits in 2015
As the country approaches a general election, a party leader, desperate to reassure a key group of voters, makes a very silly pledge. He is as unequivocal as possible that,… Continue reading
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The fiscal nimbyism that still terrifies the Tories
If you’re the tax personality of the year, as David Gauke is, the pressure’s on when you give an interview to be as lively as possible. Gauke’s interview with the… Continue reading
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