Coalition dispute over windfarms

Coalition's windfarm dispute shakes renewable power investors http://gu.com/p/3bg8t

Joseph Rowntree Foundation fears over implementation of universal credit

Welfare shake-up 'risks hardship'

Excellent political philosophy discussion

BBC Radio 4 - The Public Philosopher, Series 2, Welfare

Child benefit cut illegal?

Child benefit cuts 'may be illegal' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/9641766/Child-benefit-cuts-may-be-illegal.html

Whip it up and start again...Why are party leaderships finding their backbenchers so difficult to control?

Rebellious MPs: Unleashed | The Economist

FROM UNIVERSAL TO CONDITIONAL? Iain Duncan Smith targets families of more than two children for benefit cuts

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/oct/25/iain-duncan-smith-benefit-cuts

Work and pensions secretary warns that parents on benefits should not expect more cash if they have more children.

 

NB - this won't definitely happen. The LDs will probably block it but IDS would like it to happen.

Iain Duncan Smith suggests two-child limit for benefits

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9632688/Iain-Duncan-Smith-suggests-two-child-limit-for-benefits.html#

Unemployed parents could lose the right to claim extra benefits if they have more than two children, Iain Duncan Smith has suggested.

Child benefit changes criticised by Tory MP Mark Field

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20102489

EU membership debated in Parliament

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20085437

IDS and Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) on on welfare reform

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9763000/9763398.stm

The government will further outline its strategy for welfare reforms today, in particular capping the benefits of people with a certain number of children.

Alison Garnham, chief executive of the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), told Today presenter John Humphrys that she is "very worried" about the announcement.

"Six out of ten poor children live with a working parent," she explained.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9763000/9763456.stm

The Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan-Smith says it is "madness" that taxpayers are supporting families with large numbers of children to live on benefits.

Universal CreditA-Level Politics Help Site

Universal CreditA-Level Politics Help Site:

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Cutting back on Disability Living Allowance is right in principle. But it will be a political disaster – Telegraph Blogs

Cutting back on Disability Living Allowance is right in principle. But it will be a political disaster – Telegraph Blogs:

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Disability Living Allowance (DLA) reforms - Newsnight - YouTube

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) reforms - Newsnight - YouTube:

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Atos wins £400m deals to carry out disability benefit tests | Society | The Guardian

Atos wins £400m deals to carry out disability benefit tests | Society | The Guardian:

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Benefits warning

Warning over workers on benefits http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20023113

NHS boss' criticisms of coalition reforms

Don't 'carpet bomb' NHS with competition, says health chief http://gu.com/p/3b53f

A selection of videos on IDS and benefits reform under the Coalition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zNZ4PaMNT4&feature=related

Will opening up the NHS to tender lead to fragmentation or integration? Good summary of arguments against Coalition health reforms

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/11/integration-opposite-true-hunt-nhs

Viewpoints: Is it right to cut benefits to lessen the deficit?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19873832