58 minutes ago UK politics: Kendall says ‘you must work if you can work’ as she warns benefits bill set to soar by £26bn

Young people ‘have a responsibility’ to take up new opportunities Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary has said

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62 minutes ago Tories accuse Labour of ‘pinching our ideas’ with jobs plan – UK politics live

Shadow minister says Liz Kendall ‘making right noises to fix economic activity’ but claims plans lack substanceThe Federation of Small Businesses applauds the ambition in the government’s Get Britain Working, but says that overcoming the “pervasive poverty of ambition” about employment in the public sector won’t be easy. This is from Tina McKenzie, the FSB’s policy chair.This is a start – but only a start – in fixing the pervasive poverty of ambition in the Jobcentre, health and other state systems when it comes to getting people back into work. Increasing employment is ultimately the most sure-fire way to drive up living standards and economic growth. Ministers have a huge job to persuade public institutions that work is good for health and that everyone who needs work should be helped...

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1 hour ago Elon Musk and a mass petition want a new UK election. Shall we do that – or just stick to democracy? | Marina Hyde

I know many are aggrieved with Starmer and co, but scrapping a government for Elon and a Shropshire publican seems like a stretchBy now you will be aware of the petition demanding another general election. Finally, an answer to what would happen if Maga had sex with the People’s Vote. I assume we don’t use the phrase “bastard offspring” any longer, but in this case I’ll be making an exception. To see the obnoxious essence of not one but two excruciating political movements hook up and push out a screaming signature-baby is not a pretty sight. I have immediately launched a petition to forcibly sterilise all political movements.To recap, this is the petition started by a Shropshire publican after he’d Googled “how to change the prime minister” and it told him to start a petition. Not a gr...

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2 hours ago Pub landlord reveals why he started petition for another general election signed 2.5million times

Michael Westwood launched the petition after googling ‘how to change the prime minister’

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4 hours ago Truth behind general election petition as identities behind signatures debunked

A petition calling for a general election has been signed by people based across a whopping 184 countries, from the British Antarctic Territory to China to the United Arab Emirates

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5 hours ago Humiliation for Starmer as Scottish Labour vows to force vote on reinstating winter fuel allowance for pensioners

Scottish Labour is campaigning to widen the scope of the payments that were axed for millions of pensioners following the election .

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5 hours ago Man behind viral petition demanding Keir Starmer calls another general election speaks out

The pub landlord has complained that Labour has ‘put the fear of God into people’

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5 hours ago Blaming people for poor mental health not part of Labour’s jobs plan, says minister – UK politics live

Alison McGovern says UK was unusual in not seeing employment rise after the pandemicAlison McGovern, the employment minister, said this morning she still has not decided who she will vote on teh assisted dying private member’s bill on Friday. MPs have a free vote.Explaining her dilemma, McGovern said:I haven’t decided how I’m going to vote. I’ve listened to my constituents who have been so kind and so generous to share with me their experiences, and I want to listen to my colleagues in the debate in full and decide how to vote.”I think it’s so important that people are able to have a good death and that families feel that their loved one was able to die in the most peaceful way possible in accordance with their views, but I haven’t decided on this issue.McGovern said it was good that pe...

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5 hours ago UK politics live: Minister says some benefit claimants ‘stealing from the state’ as Labour unveils crackdown

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

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