11 h. ago Keir Starmer still battling disability benefit cuts revolt as U

Keir Starmer offered major concessions on welfare reforms to avoid a Commons defeat - but the Government's own analysis suggests 150,000 people could still be pushed into poverty

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12 h. ago Liz Kendall ignores call from Labour MP for welfare bill to be withdrawn – UK politics live

Andy McDonald says MPs are being asked to vote without vital evidence but work and pensions secretary says employment support programmes are being improvedThe Department for Work and Pensions has just published an analysis saying that, allowing for the concesssions announced last week, the welfare cuts will still push an extra 150,000 people into relative poverty.Here is the key chart from the document. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Trump administration reportedly decides Harvard violated civil rights

Letter reportedly threatens ‘loss of all federal financial resources’ over treatment of Jewish and Israeli studentsThe Trump administration has concluded that Harvard University violated federal civil rights law in its handling of Jewish and Israeli students, and it threatened the school with a potential “loss of all federal financial resources” as a result, according to the Wall Street Journal.In a Monday letter addressed to the Harvard president, Alan Garber, administration attorneys stated that the university was aware Jewish and Israeli students felt unsafe on campus but failed to take meaningful action. The letter, obtained by the Journal, accused Harvard of “deliberate indifference” toward those concerns. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Liz Kendall makes statement to MPs about welfare bill concessions – UK politics live

Work and pensions secretary speaks to parliament as No 10 disputes figures showing benefit cuts to push 150,000 more into povertyThe Department for Work and Pensions has just published an analysis saying that, allowing for the concesssions announced last week, the welfare cuts will still push an extra 150,000 people into relative poverty.Here is the key chart from the document. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Revised Labour welfare measures could still push 150,000 into poverty

No 10 spokesperson says estimates in impact assessment written after changes to original bill ‘subject to uncertainty’More than 150,000 people could still be pushed into poverty by Downing Street’s welfare measures despite significant concessions to rebel MPs to protect those already on the benefits, according to the government’s impact assessment.It comes as ministers prepare to put forward the full package of changes ahead of a vote on Tuesday in which about 50 Labour MPs are still likely to oppose the bill. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago No 10 disputes figures showing benefit cuts to push 150,000 more into poverty – UK politics live

No 10 spokesperson says ‘poverty modelling is subject to uncertainty’ and cites investment in health and care systemThe Department for Work and Pensions has just published an analysis saying that, allowing for the concesssions announced last week, the welfare cuts will still push an extra 150,000 people into relative poverty.Here is the key chart from the document. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago DWP benefit cuts to push 150,000 people into poverty despite partial U

The figure is down from the 250,000 extra people estimated to have been left in relative poverty after housing costs under the original proposals.

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17 h. ago Benefits cuts could force 150,000 more people into poverty despite U

The figure is down from the 250,000 extra people estimated to have been left in relative poverty by 2030 under the original plans

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17 h. ago DWP says 150,000 more people pushed into poverty by benefit cuts, not 250,000 as forecast said before U

Analysis says, allowing for concessions to welfare bill announced last week, cuts will still push people into relative povertyThe Department for Work and Pensions has just published an analysis saying that, allowing for the concesssions announced last week, the welfare cuts will still push an extra 150,000 people into relative poverty.Here is the key chart from the document. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Welfare reforms could push 150,000 into poverty, official modelling suggests

The figure is 100,000 lower than before the Prime Minister was forced into a partial U-turn as a result of a Labour revolt.

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18 h. ago Labour benefits cuts latest: 150,000 more Britons to be dragged into poverty despite Starmer’s welfare U

Around 50 MPs are still thought to be planning to rebel against the bill in a crunch vote on Tuesday

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18 h. ago BREAKING: DWP welfare cuts to still push 150,000 into poverty

We'll be bringing you the latest updates on this Breaking Politics News story.

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18 h. ago 200,000 people won’t face universal credit reassessment under proposed DWP welfare bill

After Sir Keir Starmer's U-turn on welfare reforms last week, the government has confirmed a series of changes to the bill which will get its second reading this Tuesday

Economics

30 h. ago Treasury Committee slams ‘nonsensical’ ISA that could affect Universal Credit

The Treasury Committee warned Universal Credit recipients may be disproportionately affected by the account

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37 h. ago ‘Protections and concessions’ for PIP and Universal Credit explained

Hundreds of thousands will be ‘protected’ by the concessions, but 430,000 disabled could still be affected

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3 d. ago Labour MPs demand ‘reset’ in relations with Number 10 after welfare U

A Number 10 spokesman insisted that the Prime Minister ‘remains fully committed to engaging with parliamentarians’.

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3 d. ago All PIP and Universal Credit cuts being scrapped as Keir Starmer makes huge U

The government has made an offer to rebel Labour Party MPs over its controversial welfare reforms - and these are the likely changes that are expected to be made

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3 d. ago What does the UK spend on welfare – and how much will it rise?

Spending on pensioners accounts for nearly half of the total welfare budget.

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3 d. ago No 10 climbs down over welfare bill in move to win over Labour rebels

Compromises include exempting those currently receiving disability benefits and increasing health element of universal credit in line with inflationDowning Street has announced major changes to the welfare bill in an attempt to win the support of more than Labour 120 rebels who had threatened to vote against it next week and hand Keir Starmer a damaging first defeat as prime minister.Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, wrote to Labour MPs on Thursday night to lay out the concessions, which were thrashed out over 24 hours of negotiations between senior rebels and government officials. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Government announces concessions to welfare bill after talks

In a letter to MPs, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said personal independence payments would be protected.

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