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Some 126 MPs within the party had signed an amendment to halt the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, ...
BRUISING concessions to the government’s welfare plans are being laid out by Welfare Secretary Liz Kendall following a ...
In a dramatic climbdown last week after a major revolt by over 100 Labour MPs, Keir Starmer agreed to protect all existing ...
Thirty-nine Labour MPs have signed a fresh amendment calling for welfare cuts to be stopped when the proposals are put to a ...
Keir Starmer’s U-turn has provided welcome relief to many disability benefit claimants – but cuts stay on the table ...
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 Government has scrambled to head off a growing rebellion on the backbenches by offering concessions to controversial ...
Here is an outline of the changes being proposed to Personal Independence Payments and a health-related element of Universal ...
‘We believe if you can work, you should work,’ declared Chancellor Rachel Reeves three months ago, as she went through a raft ...
The welfare reform row has revealed Reeves' fiscal policy and the OBR is driving much of government policy, as ITV News ...
Future claimants will face cuts to PIP and tougher assessments to access it. Local Democracy Reporter Ollie Leader has more.
The government’s key money-saving measure, tweaking the points system to qualify for personal independent payments, was “a ...