No action on cost of living means social security bill is going up, not down, under the Tories

Ed Miliband called for an overall cap on social security spending last year - and in the House of Commons this week I voted for a cap.

But far from having a grip on the public finances, David Cameron and George Osborne have spent £13 billion more on welfare than they originally planned. Their failure to tackle low wages, deal with the cost-of-living crisis and get more homes built means that