He is now advancing arguments about the need for tough - love welfare changes, taking on the teaching unions and shrinking the state. (theguardian.com)
Politically speaking, any sort of welfare change is powerfully difficult, as well Field knows, yet the public does have a fierce appetite for cutting back the welfare bill. (totalpolitics.com)
In the debate on welfare changes, the government has championed hard working families against those it says are «sleeping off a life on benefits». (bbc.com)