The coalition has few better defenders of its cause than Nick Clegg. And if you need
proof, then I’d point you in the direction of his article for the FT when the IFS first called the
Budget “regressive”; his article on welfare reform for the Times in September; or his
summertime speech on social
mobility, which, along with his 2009 conference speech, is perhaps the defining statement of his politics.
I mention all this now, because there’s another effective Clegg article in the papers this morning – again on welfare reform, and again dripping with punchy arguments in the coalition’s defence. Rather than buckle to the charges made by the Archbishop of Canterbury and his ilk, the Deputy Prime Minister outlines out a clear truth: that a life trapped on benefits is not a better life.

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