The government’s original reform was set to save £5.5 billion in the short run (by 2029–30) and double that in the long run ...

The Labour Government's decision to U-turn on major reform to Personal Independence Payments (PIP) is set to cost the British ...

However, t here are doubts over whether the bill, in its current form, will make any significant savings, after a series of ...

MPs voted in favour of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at second reading with a majority of 75 ...

Sir Keir Starmer was forced to abandon a key plank of his welfare reform agenda to get the legislation through its first ...

A leading Labour rebel has said there are “so many more” MPs prepared to vote down Sir Keir Starmer’s benefit cuts than those ...

The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill passed its first legislative hurdle at Westminster.

MPs have voted to allow the Government’s Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill to advance to the next stage ...

MPs have voted to allow the Government’s Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill to advance to the next stage ...

MPs voted in favour of the bill by 335 votes to 260, meaning it will progress to the next stage of parliamentary scrutiny.

Union-Labour resistance could still force the government to pull back completely on its disabled benefit cuts.

Under the changes, around 1.5 million of the current claimants would not be found eligible for the “daily living” side of the ...