Gary Gibbon
Stepping into the Shadows
Our Political Editor, Gary Gibbon, reports on the prospects for Labour’s NEXT election – for members of Ed Miliband’s Shadow Cabinet.
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Ed Miliband: Labour ‘have got to change’
Labour Leader Ed Miliband today announced a full review of his party’s policies, saying that they needed to move “beyond New Labour” in the wake of their general election defeat.
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Tory peer apologies for ‘breeding’ comments
New Tory peer Howard Flight has apologised for saying welfare cuts would incentivise the poor to “breed more”. FactCheck looks at whether benefits do encourage people to have children.
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Universal Credits will have some ‘losers’
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says there will be “no losers” as a result of changing to a Universal Credit when he presented his White Paper to the Commons today. Is he right?
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Welfare overhaul: Unemployed to face tougher rules
Unemployed claimants will face a strict ‘three strike’ policy which will see their benefits stripped for up to three years if they refuse the opportunity to work.
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Duncan Smith unveils welfare reforms
In a White Paper published today, the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, sets out his plans to cut Britain’s £192 billion benefits bill and unveil the new universal credit.
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Jobless who refuse manual work could lose benefits
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith tells the long-term unemployed to “play ball” or face losing benefits under proposals contained in the welfare reform white paper.
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Boris Johnson joins housing benefit row
London Mayor Boris Johnson has joined the housing benefit row, saying he would resist “Kosovo-style social cleansing”. Housing Minister Grant Shapps tells Channel 4 News his language was not sensible.
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Ed Miliband: the new kid at the box
Ed Miliband takes the stand at the despatch box and comes face to face with the Coalition for the first time as Labour leader. Broadcaster Peter McHugh analyses his performance.
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Alan Johnson leads Shadow Cabinet appointments
Ed Miliband appoints Alan Johnson as Shadow Chancellor – and Johnson tells Channel 4 News that Labour will oppose changes to child benefit and the erosion of “the precious principle of universality”.
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Yvette Cooper favourite for Shadow Chancellor
Labour leader Ed Miliband is deciding on his line-up for the Shadow Cabinet, as Yvette Cooper battles it out with her husband Ed Balls for top job as Shadow Chancellor.
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Johnson’s appointment ‘both unexpected and inspired’
Ed Miliband’s choice of Alan Johnson as his new Shadow Chancellor was “both unexpected and inspired”, writes Labour’s former communications chief, Lance Price.
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Labour shadow cabinet announced
The 19 members of Ed Miliband’s shadow cabinet are announced with Yvette Cooper topping the ballot amid intense speculation over who will scoop the top jobs.
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Ed Miliband: I’m my own man
Labour’s annual conference begins today under the new leadership of Ed Miliband. Labour’s new leader says “I am my own man” as Tories claim his trade union backing will push the party to the left.
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Faisal Islam
After Ask the Chancellors – Operation Spin Room
About five minutes after Channel 4’s Ask the Chancellors debate had ended, Britain’s first ever “spin room” was invaded by a phalanx of sharp-suited Conservatives, blogs Faisal Islam.
