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CONSERVATIVE policies to punish the sick and poor were laid bare yesterday in a far-reaching assessment of the impact of Tory rule.
The report assesses the coalition’s record in areas such as taxation, education, health, pensions and social security.
It confirms that the rich have escaped relatively unscathed because of income tax cuts while spending per child on early-years support had been slashed by a quarter.
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
NICOLA SARAH HAWKINS explains how an under-regulated introduction of AI into education is already exacerbating inequalities