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Target banks and bosses, not people claiming benefits Government efforts to cap a rise in working age benefits at 1 percent show how shameless Tory millionaires are.

The Tories are at war with millions of benefits claimants.

Parliament was about to vote on deep cuts to benefits that millions rely on as Socialist Worker went to press.

Strong votes for the United Kingdom Indepedence Party (UKIP) in recent by-elections has led to speculation that Britain may have shifted to the right. Jonathan Maunder argues that, although UKIP's vote is concerning, its root cause is a deep seated crisis in the base of the Tory party

Tory stirs up tensions over halal meat Geoff Driver, Lancashire county council’s Tory leader, last week announced that Muslim school children in the county would now only have access to what he termed "ethical" halal meat.

"If this can happen to a senior government minister," said former Tory chief whip Andrew Mitchell, "then what chance does a youth in Brixton or Handsworth have?"

Did senior Tory and other prominent figures rape children in a south west London guest house in the early 1980s?

The Tories hoped to dismantle the welfare state in the 1980s but were scared of the possible reaction to their plans, files reveal.

Yet again former Tory prime minister Margaret Thatcher proved her spite—by not dying at the end of 2012. That wasn’t the only bad news.

The Tories plan to start 2013 by slashing every benefit they can lay their hands on.

The national executive of the NUT teachers’ union met yesterday, Thursday, against the backdrop of Tory plans to scrap teachers’ national pay and give head teachers the power to determine pay.

Protesters in Barnet, north London, took over a council meeting as the Tory cabinet voted to hand £750 million of services to private firm Capita.