42 h. ago Labour is expelling foreign criminals from UK at faster rate than Tories did

The Labour government is expelling foreign criminals from the UK at a faster rate than the Tories did - the Home Office reports having deported more than 2,925 foreign criminals since the election

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47 h. ago Labour has history of difficult debates over welfare, says McFadden

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster said people should not be content with allowing the number of benefits claimants to grow.

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49 h. ago Sue Gray urges caution over Civil Service cuts while hitting out at insults

Officials are central to the Labour administration’s mission to realise economic growth, the Labour peer said in her maiden speech.

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67 h. ago Labour MP’s awkwardly long silence when asked if government has been a disappointment

A Labour MP remained awkwardly silent when asked if his party’s government has been a disappointment.

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2 d. ago Dail speaker ‘fully intends’ to stay on as opposition plan no confidence vote

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy also ‘categorically’ rejected the opposition’s accusations of partiality.

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2 d. ago Spring statement: Should a Labour government be making these cuts? – Politics Weekly UK

Amid poor economic growth forecasts and global instability, Rachel Reeves is trying to balance the books by cutting spending on benefits. So why is a Labour government choosing this path? John Harris is joined by the Guardian’s political editor, Pippa Crerar, and political correspondent Kiran Stacey to unpick what was in the spring statement, and what it will mean for you Continue reading...

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2 d. ago MP quit smoking after voting to ban cigarette sales to young people

Labour MP Jenny Riddell-Carpenter backed the Tobacco and Vapes Bill and gave up smoking herself.

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2 d. ago Dail speaker to remain in role as opposition plan no confidence vote

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy also ‘categorically’ rejected the opposition’s accusations of partiality.

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2 d. ago PIP claimants with 'fluctuating conditions' to be hit 'profoundly' after Spring Statement

EXCLUSIVE: Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed sweeping changes to the welfare system aimed at saving £5billion per annum as daily living element of PIP is to be targeted by the Labour Government

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3 d. ago Universal Credit and PIP changes explained in full as scale of impact realised

The Labour Government confirmed major changes to disability benefits Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Universal Credit (UC) as they aim to cut the social welfare bill by £5billion per annum

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3 d. ago 'Rachel Reeves the benefit snatcher can expect no mercy from Labour rebels'

'Deciding to balance the books on the backs of the poor and vulnerable is a bad political choice that will boomerang on Reeves and the Labour Government,' writes The Mirror's Kevin Maguire

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3 d. ago KEVIN MAGUIRE: 'Rachel Reeves the benefit snatcher can expect no mercy from Labour rebels'

'Deciding to balance the books on the backs of the poor and vulnerable is a bad political choice that will boomerang on Reeves and the Labour Government,' writes The Mirror's Kevin Maguire

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3 d. ago Pubs 'thrown under the bus' in Spring Statement as campaigners say Government 'don't care'

There had been hope that the update from the Labour government may help the struggling trade, but now industry campaigners have been left enraged by the lack fo any clear or tangible support for boozers

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3 d. ago Jackie Baillie: 'Keir Starmer not a liability', as senior Labour figure admits to communication problem

Scottish Labour’s deputy leader defended the Prime Minister’s record in government.

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4 d. ago Labour will block bid to ban solar panels made by slaves TODAY as Ed Miliband woos China in frantic Net Zero push

The Government will this afternoon whip Labour MPs to strip out a House of Lords amendment to the Great British Energy Bill, as the legislation returns to the Commons.

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4 d. ago This government has one last chance to take a progressive path. Otherwise, we’re at the point of no return | John McDonnell

In her spring statement, I urge Rachel Reeves to look beyond short-term economic stability – and towards tackling long-term inequalityIf someone read out the following list of policies, which party would you think was in power? Depriving 2 million pensioners of the winter fuel allowance. Refusing to scrap the two-child benefit cap to lift nearly half a million children out of poverty. Raising tuition fees for students by more than the rate of inflation. Cutting overseas aid to the poorest people across the globe by half. Cutting £5bn from benefits for disabled people. Introducing a new round of cuts to government department spending and laying off 50,000 public sector workers.I very much doubt even 12 months ago you would have thought that this would be the Labour party in government.John McDonnell is the independent MP for Hayes and Harlington. He was shadow chancellor for Labour from 2015 to 2020 Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Labour government must look urgently at energy prices and do the decent thing

Record View says John Swinney's administration has at least offered a solution.

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4 d. ago Government urged to ‘grasp the nettle’ on social media’s impact on young men

Jake Richards, Labour MP for Rother Valley, described the increase in male suicides as ‘part of a wider storm we face with worsening mental health’.

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5 d. ago Scope chair 'willing to resign' over speaking out against Labour Government's cuts to disability benefits

Writing for the Standard, Sir Robin Millar described the welfare reforms as “disgraceful” and said Labour had lost its “moral direction”

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5 d. ago Labour Government could axe free period products in schools as part of 'austerity' drive

Labour Ministers are also considering an end to free school meals for some infants as part of the cost-saving plan.

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