Daily Archives: 11/10/2010

Labour conference: Miliband’s tacit approval for welfare reforms

11/10/2010 – 12:00 pm

Labour’s new leader has resisted the opportunity to criticise the coalition government over its incapacity benefit (IB) reforms.
In his set-piece speech to the conference in Manchester, Ed Miliband said that many people were in “genuine fear” about the “impact” of the new work capability assessment (WCA).
But he said IB reform was “one of the hardest [...]

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Labour conference: Balls says free schools will be ‘socially divisive’

11/10/2010 – 11:48 am

Coalition government policies on setting up new academies and free schools will be “deeply socially divisive” and unfair to disabled children, according to the former children’s, schools and families secretary.
Ed Balls told a fringe meeting at the Labour conference in Manchester that he was “really concerned” about the government’s new Academies Act.
He said that one [...]

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