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Chief Secretary to the Treasury Elizabeth Truss made an excruciating attempt to defend the government's 55p a minute helpline for ...

It was all over after Jeremy Corbyn mentioned that scandal. Theresa May could only mumble incoherently. The Labour leader had ...

Jeremy Corbyn used Prime Minister's Questions on 11 October to ask Theresa May the one question that we all want ...

Chancellor Philip Hammond has advised anyone struggling financially under the government's Universal Credit (UC) scheme to take out a "loan" to ...

The 2017 Conservative Party conference officially kicks off on Sunday 1 October. But if Theresa May was hoping for a ...

The Trussell Trust, which runs 400 food banks across the country, has issued a stark warning to Theresa May's government: stop the ...

Jacob Rees-Mogg has sunk to a new low. From his anti-abortion and homophobic attitudes to his filibustering, Rees-Mogg has proved ...

While Theresa May has been enjoying her summer holiday, Conservative MPs are planning Christmas misery for thousands. 31 MPs have ...

It's been a good weekend for laughing at the Tories. It started with the preposterous idea of 'Tory Glastonbury' and ...

On Tuesday 11 July, Theresa May gave an astonishing speech at the launch of The Taylor Review of Modern Working ...

A female guest on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire show has given a heart-rending account of government-induced poverty under the Conservatives. ...

On 21 January, thousands of women around the world marched to protest Donald Trump's inauguration. At the same time, the UK government quietly announced a decision ...

The Conservative government's controversial universal credit scheme may face an investigation. Great Yarmouth Borough Council has called for the probe ...

Children's non-governmental organisation (NGO) End Child Poverty has put together data that reveals the true picture of child poverty in ...

Theresa May's performance at the last Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) saw her accused of being incomprehensible. But her answers at ...

An extraordinary report by the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) has laid bare the real reason why the Conservative government ...

A scathing report on government digital policy says it has failed in its objective of “transforming government”. The numerous iterations ...