28 m. ago Ministers must get a grip of broken benefits system, Rachel Reeves insists

Labour MPs are worried about the impact of expected cuts to the welfare budget.

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16 h. ago Starmer faces down calls to change UK fiscal rules to avoid welfare cuts

Increasing number of Labour MPs are calling for tweaks to Rachel Reeves’ financial constraints

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25 h. ago Why Keir Starmer’s government is seeking to cut benefits bill

Labour targeting sickness and disability benefits which have ballooned amid an increasingly ageing and unwell population Keir Starmer’s government is aiming to cut billions of pounds from welfare spending before the spring statement.The prime minister has warned that Britain’s benefits system is the “worst of all worlds”, before the government publishes a green paper on sickness and disability benefit reform next week. Starmer faces the biggest rebellion of his premiership over the plans. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Why is Keir Starmer’s government seeking to cut the benefits bill?

Labour targeting sickness and disability benefits that have ballooned amid increasingly ageing and unwell populationKeir Starmer’s government is aiming to cut billions of pounds from welfare spending before the spring statement.The prime minister has warned that Britain’s benefits system is the “worst of all worlds”, before the government publishes a green paper on sickness and disability benefit changes next week. Starmer is facing the biggest rebellion of his premiership over the plans. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago UK social safety net among weakest in rich world, analysis finds

Think-tank report comes as Keir Starmer seeks to convince Labour MPs to back welfare spending cuts

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43 h. ago Starmer faces backlash in the Commons over potential welfare cuts

Labour MP Richard Burgon said disabled people are ‘frightened’ as he pleaded with the Prime Minister to make the ‘moral’ choice.

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48 h. ago Labour rebel ‘couldn’t look my mum in the eyes’ and vote for Starmer’s welfare cuts

Divisions in the Labour Party are emerging over plans to cut benefits for the long term sick and disabled

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63 h. ago Iceland foods' boss Richard Walker 'worried' about Easter bill misery for millions

The head of high street supermarket Iceland, Richard Walker, has voiced his fears over bill hikes, as well as threatened welfare cuts, on some of Britain's poorest families

Economics

68 h. ago How Starmer finally found his voice as prime minister – by doing what even Tony Blair feared to do

Sir Keir has begun to look like a prime minister by slashing international aid, cutting welfare and cosying up to Trump - not moves anyone expected from a Labour leader, as David Maddox explains

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2 d. ago Benefits cuts 'delayed to next week' as Labour MPs revolt over 'rerun of austerity'

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall had been widely expected to unveil plans as soon as today, with ministers trying to slash £5billion from 'spiralling' benefits costs.

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2 d. ago Starmer denounces benefits system as ‘unsustainable, indefensible and unfair’ in move to slash welfare bill

Keir Starmer has signalled a surprising shift to the right for Labour in attacking the welfare system

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer defends planned welfare cuts to anxious Labour MPs

Prime minister wants to reform disability benefit payments to help fund greater spending on defence

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3 d. ago Ed Miliband on net zero in the age of Trump – Politics Weekly Westminster

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey are joined by Ed Miliband, the energy security and net zero secretary, to discuss Labour’s plans to tackle the climate crisis, the third runway at Heathrow and how secure the path to a greener future looks in the age of Trump. Plus, are cuts to welfare and foreign aid the best way to balance the budget? Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Voices: I know how to get sick and disabled people back to work

The government’s proposed ‘ruthless’ cuts to the welfare payments won’t fix our broken benefits system, says disability rights campaigner Kamran Mallick – instead, some targeted investments would actually pay dividends

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3 d. ago Chancellor urged to safeguard disability benefits from welfare reform cuts

A number of charities have written to Rachel Reeves arguing that hundreds of thousands of disabled households could be pushed into poverty otherwise.

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3 d. ago Scottish Labour MP reveals constituents fears over upcoming welfare cuts

Welfare is expected to be targeted by the Chancellor

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3 d. ago Starmer braces for welfare cuts rebellion as Scottish Labour MP warns 'many will die'

Welfare is expected to be targeted by the Chancellor

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3 d. ago Starmer braces for rebellion over welfare cuts as Labour accused of ‘pushing disabled people into poverty’

Labour backbencher warns of ‘deep, deep concern’ from colleagues over planned cuts

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4 d. ago Reeves's plan to cut welfare triggers a Labour revolt: Sickness benefits claimants face health checks and long

Labour MPs have been warning of 'deep concern' over 'draconian' curbs with details expected to be announced as soon as tomorrow.

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4 d. ago Labour MPs revolt over £5bn welfare cuts as ministers say axed workers should get more benefits than long

Labour MPs have been warning of 'deep concern' over 'draconian' curbs with details expected to be announced as soon as tomorrow.

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