9 h. ago DWP benefits reform faces new challenge as Labour MPs back plan to widen eligibility

Labour backbencher Graeme Downie has proposed a welfare reform Bill amendment that would make the lives of sickness and disability benefit claimants simpler

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12 h. ago Ministers face backbench calls to widen access to top tier of sickness benefits

The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill cleared its first Commons hurdle at second reading on Tuesday.

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7 d. ago Delaying welfare reform is better than bad welfare reform, prime minister

Editorial: Prior to putting before parliament its plans to cut disability and sickness-related benefits, the government must first complete essential groundwork that ought to have been done already – namely, consulting with those at the sharp end of the change: people with disabilities

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7 d. ago Starmer seeks to win round welfare rebels with promise of ‘fairness’

Sir Keir Starmer was challenged in the Commons about the looming squeeze on sickness and incapacity benefits.

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7 d. ago Morgan McSweeney: Is welfare backlash the beginning of the end for Starmer’s right

Labour prime minister’s chief of staff under fire over crisis around plans to limit disability and sickness-related benefits writes Kate Devlin

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2 w. ago Welfare reform marks moment of compassion, says Kendall amid backbench anger

Ministers are likely to face a Commons stand-off with backbench Labour MPs over their plans.

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