John Healey: “The money New Labour had in the nineties is simply not there now.”

It is not progressive to allow a bigger and bigger benefits bill, and a system which offers an income but doesn't offer a future.

Cutting welfare spending was a priority and announced that every mayor in England would have access to a Local Apprenticeships Service from March 2027 to generate thousands more youth opportunities.

The rock of fiscal discipline. It underwrites every promise this government makes … we can’t succeed without it.

We have to bring the benefits bill down.