But the parallel is this: a government transparently not in control of events, shoved around humiliatingly by parliament. The ...

Welfare minister Liz Kendall summoned all the resolution in her slender veins. 'This Government,' she squeaked, 'must not and will not duck the big challenges!' Three and a bit hours later: ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s government has gutted its welfare reform legislation hours before a crunch vote, in a U-turn that means ...

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.

Labour has made a dramatic U-turn on its flagship welfare Bill, ditching a clause that would have made it harder to claim disability benefits.

The DWP announced that under its new plans, claimants would have to score a minimum of four points on one daily living ...

Eligibility criteria for the personal independence payment (Pip) will not now change in November of next year – as originally ...

There is one clear winner in the welfare debate… and it isn’t Liz Kendall - COMMONS SKETCH: The work and pensions secretary ...

Changes to eligibility for the personal independence payment (Pip) will not be made until after a review of the benefit’s ...

The Welfare Bill, designed to get a handle on the vast amounts of taxpayer money being dished out to people who, in the words ...

Keir Starmer is bracing for rebellion by dozens of Labour MPs who are still unhappy with the proposed changes.