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We look at the life and career of the Conservative party's very own comeback kid, from his tumultuous time as Tory leader to his return to frontline politics as work and pensions secretary
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Ministers believe unified system will be exempt from rule that labour-market benefits must be available to all EU workers
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Andrew Sparrow’s rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including David Cameron and Ed Miliband at PMQs and Iain Duncan Smith being questioned by the work and pensions committee about welfare reform
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Observer editorial: Iain Duncan Smith wants civil servants to apply ‘family-friendly’ tests to all new policies. He should look at the coalition’s own record first
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Guidelines set out five questions that all civil servants need to consider before they go ahead with a policy change
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Jobcentre whistleblower tells Dispatches that computerised benefits scheme is ‘unworkable, poorly designed and out of date’
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Universal credit is a tale of failure that’s still unfolding