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Video (9min 41sec): 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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12 Sep 2014:
Hugh Muir: First thoughts: New research suggests that the work-shy scroungers who live off benefits as a ‘lifestyle choice’ may not actually exist
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5 Sep 2014: John McTernan: The Tories’ cack-handed attempts at benefit reform have united long-term sick and disabled claimants against them
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22 Aug 2014:
Richard Seymour: The rise in self-employment is not a measure of entrepreneurial spirit, as touted by the government, but a sign of a lacklustre labour market
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19 Aug 2014:
From e-borders to the NHS, the billions spent tell a cautionary tale – but have lessons been learned for universal credit?
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19 Aug 2014:
Public accounts committee says that categorising the scheme as 'reset' may have been to prevent scrutiny and hide problems
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17 Aug 2014:
Letters: Growth will be at risk as long as the UK fails to evolve into a high-skill, high-wage economy
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16 Aug 2014:
The work and pensions secretary is determined to transform Britain's welfare system. But universal credit, his flagship reform project, is proving a costly logistical nightmare. Toby Helm reports
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13 Aug 2014:
First fall in pay for five years amid rising employment surprises economists but phenomenon may be shortlived or statistical blip, some say
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12 Aug 2014:
Hugh Muir: As blue sky thinking goes, this one can’t be licked
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12 Aug 2014: Polly Toynbee: He’s the misery man, turning to tricks and magical thinking when the flaws in his benefits plans are revealed
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11 Aug 2014: Work and pensions secretary will say in a speech on Monday that his tough benefits policies are reducing unemployment
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5 Aug 2014:
Our story on David Clapson, who died after his benefits were stopped, prompted a deluge of stories from Guardian readers struggling with the benefit payment sanctions regime
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22 Jul 2014:
Independent report shows systematic failings in the way benefit sanctions are communicated and processed
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17 Jul 2014: Move intended to reduce £23bn housing benefit bill and free up homes has faced criticism, but what has it achieved?
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17 Jul 2014:
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