Over at The Independent, Lib Dem spokesman on Work and Pensions Steve Webb answers questions from the paper’s readers, such as ‘Aren’t you having it both ways on the deficit?’ and ‘Isn’t Clegg really a Tory?’ Here are 3 of the Q&As … Why haven’t British politicians learned the lesson of welfare reform in Wisconsin? Cut

Tory leader David Cameron proposes allowing people who find work to keep more of their benefits.

Tory leader David Cameron has come out against certain key sections of the welfare reform bill aimed at forcing single parents into work.

I've just watched Nick Clegg on the Andrew Marr show and I have come to a few conclusions. Nick has (in my opinion) aped David Cameron and duplicated Conservative policies (apart from on the EU) from the day he was installed as Lib Dem leader. This is a exceedingly dodgy strategy to lead the Lib Dems into the next general election. It could work out one of two ways: The Lib Dems could steal v...

Nick Clegg has delivered what is expected to be his final reshuffle before the next general election, strengthening his economic team by appointing Steve Webb, a professor of social policy, to become work and pensions spokesman, and giving Simon Hughes the climate and energy brief, a campaigning area where the Lib Dems face a challenge from the Conservative party. He has also beefed up his campaig...

Many Liberal Democrats may be wondering what to make of last week’s announcement by Iain Duncan Smith to replace a whole raft of working-age welfare benefits with a Universal Credit. As a Lib Dem Minister at the DWP, I thought it would be helpful to offer my perspective. As a party we have long talked about

David Cameron today announced that he would oppose Labour's "shameful" plans to force lone parents with pre-school children to prepare for work. At a news conference at Westminster, the Conservative leader said the proposals relating to the parents of very young children were the "rotten apple" in a welfare reform package that the Tories generally supported. Cameron's comments, which cam...

Conservative leader David Cameron is to reveal his proposals for tackling poverty and reforming the welfare system.

Steve Webb: Polly Toynbee has got us wrong – and we're not about to throw our convictions out of the window for short-term expediency

David Cameron made an unprecedented offer to the Liberal Democrats yesterday to join the Conservatives in a power-sharing deal.