Welfare reform proposals must be judged on substance not spin
Commenting on the three Welfare Reform Bills announced in the Queen's Speech, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, David Laws MP said:
17 May 2005
Commenting on the three Welfare Reform Bills announced in the Queen's Speech, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, David Laws MP said:
Commenting on the publication of the National Audit Office's Gaining and retaining a job: The Department for Work and Pensions' Support for Disabled People, Danny Alexander MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Minister, said:
Commenting on the publication of Principles for Welfare Reform by David Blunkett, Shadow Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions Secretary, David Laws MP said:
Commenting on the reports that the Prime Minister has ordered David Blunkett to toughen up the proposed incapacity benefit reforms by cutting the level of benefit and introducing time-limits, David Laws MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, said:
Commenting on assurances given today at ODPM Questions, by Local Government Minister Phil Woolas MP, that the Government was engaged in discussions with the British Toilet Association to stem the declining number of public toilets, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable said:
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport stated in its Annual Report 2005 that it was 'on course' for achieving its joint targets for increasing participation by under-represented groups in arts events. However the Annual Report also states that since 2001 the number of disabled people attending at least two arts events, and the number of socially excluded people participating in at least two arts events, has actually fallen.