74 minutes ago Keir Starmer’s jobs plan won’t work because Labour are ducking tough welfare decisions, Tories claim – UK politics live

PM set to unveil what government calls 'biggest employment reforms in generation’ as Tories say he is not making tough calls on sickness and benefitsGood morning. Today the government is unveiling what it is calling, in the headline on its overnight press release, the “biggest employment reforms in a generation”. The reforms are intended to tackle the fact that Britain is the only major economy where the employment rate has fallen over the last five years, largely because more people are out of work due to long-term ill health. A white paper called Get Britain Working is being published later, and Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, is due to make a statement in the Commons later.In its overnight briefing, the Department for Work and Pensions has already flagged up numerous in...

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2 hours ago UK politics latest: Labour to unveil plans to slash spiralling benefits bill and get millions back into work

Government set to announce measures to get more than two million Britons back into work

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3 hours ago Starmer declares Britain ‘simply isn’t working’ and unveils plan to slash benefits bill

Announcement comes after the PM pledged to tackle UK’s ‘bulging benefits bill’

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3 hours ago Sir Keir Starmer admits 'Britain isn't working’ as Government job reforms announced

Extra NHS support and an overhaul of Jobcentres are among plans set to be unveiled on Tuesday

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