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What to make of Labour’s attack on the Social Fund?

Do James Purnell and Kitty Ussher read consultation documents before they get sent out? I ask because of Labour’s proposals to start charging interest rates of up to 27% on loans from the Social Fund, which currently makes interest-free loans to individuals on benefits who urgently need money to buy large items such as cookers and beds. …

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  • Mick Taylor
    @JasonConnor. We are a parliamentary democracy. We elect MPs to make decisions for us. If a future government gets elected on a platform to join the EU, then co...
  • Jana
    “ …to fix Britain’s broken water industry” Accuracy matters. Andy Burnham should be producing a plan for ‘England’s’ broken water industry....
  • PM
    @ Alex, Of course when we were members of the EU the activities of all MEPs would have been of interest but this was only part of what should have been discu...
  • Matt (Bristol)
    The bottom line is here, there still needs to be a degree of mutual trust and some kind of parliamentary management / policy coordination between minority and p...
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    This is a really good and well thought out idea, not just for how things might work for the LibDems in a hung parliament, but for how minority Governments with ...