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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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Experts say Treasury’s definition of welfare, to be detailed in tax transparency statements, inflates spending total by 40%
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Low income households are increasingly relying on ‘perpetual debt’ to pay for basics and make ends meet, the latest Real Life Reform survey reveals
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Critics say the letters, which show the biggest chunk of taxes going towards welfare, aim to soften up voters for more benefit cuts
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Suzanne Moore: First thoughts: Only 3% of the welfare budget goes on unemployment, 46% goes on pensions. But if Osborne told us that, how could he justify more cuts?
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Europe’s new left parties can make the dreams of 1968 come true