With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an entirely... →
Iain Duncan Smith
With high underemployment - currently over one million part-time workers in the UK want to work more hours - sanctioning clients who cannot increase... →
For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money - it is transformative.... →
We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
If Britain is to have a stable, affordable pension system, people need to work longer, but we will reward their hard work with a decent state pension... →
My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no... →
In many ways, Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when Universal Credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an... →
Getting a family into work, supporting strong relationships, getting parents off drugs and out of debt - all this can do more for a child's... →
We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work... →
Balance is if you try hard, you work hard then the rewards are in balance with what you put in and what is available.