3 d. ago DWP could slash your benefit payments by up to 15% if you do these things

The DWP states claimants could see their benefits cut by up to a huge 15% in 'exceptional cases', known as 'third-party deductions'

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4 d. ago DWP benefit payments may be cut by 15% in certain circumstances

The Department for Work and Pensions only approves these deductions in very specific circumstances

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5 d. ago New proposals to cut PIP and disability benefits ahead of full review

The Centre for Social Justice has called for emergency measures to be brought in to reduce the number of people currently on the benefit

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6 d. ago Edinburgh MP Christine Jardine sacked from Lib Dem frontbenches over rebellion in memory of late husband

Lib Dem MPs had been told to abstain from the vote, which aimed to cut benefits for ‘less severe’ mental health conditions.

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6 d. ago Kemi Badenoch says people with anxiety and mild depression should not get benefits as she demands 'a line in the sand' to cut 'immoral' welfare costs

The Conservative leader lashed out the UK's welfare dependency today as she outlined proposals to cut billions from the bill and get people back into work.

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7 d. ago Benefits claimants get urgent 'act now' warning after cuts approved

MPs have given the go-ahead to major reforms to the benefits system

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7 d. ago What it means as benefit cut bill passes and Universal Credit goes up

The bill that was meant to cut DWP disability benefits has been approved by MPs

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7 d. ago Kemi Badenoch to call for tougher restrictions on benefits to cut welfare bill

“It is not fair to spend £1 billion a month on benefits for foreign nationals and on handing out taxpayer-funded cars for conditions like constipation.”

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7 d. ago Four Scottish Labour MPs rebel as benefit cuts bill passes in House of Commons

Irene Campbell, Tracy Gilbert, Brian Leishman and Euan Stainbank voted against slashing welfare for future out-of-work claimants.

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7 d. ago Disabled will lose £3,000 a year in 'stain on Labour Party' benefit cuts, MPs told

Labour backbencher Rachael Maskell told the Commons that welfare reforms that would cut the Universal Credit health aspect would be a 'stain on this great party'

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1 week ago Slow learner... Kendall forgets her own history: ANDREW PIERCE

One particular minister should have known better than to underestimate hostility to the proposed benefits cuts last week, writes ANDREW PIERCE.

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1 week ago Keir Starmer: I'm a 'hard enough b*****d' to lead the country... despite collapsing under pressure to own MPs over benefit cuts

In a bizarre aside, the Prime Minister pushed back against suggestions that recent U-turns have wrecked his political authority.

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1 week ago 'Why would I get a job? I get your monthly wage in a week!' As Starmer's bid to cut disability benefits is sunk by Labour MPs, social media tutorials show claimants how to milk the system

Mastering the red tape behind Britain's bloated benefits system can apparently also present extraordinarily lucrative business opportunities.

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1 week ago The House just passed Donald Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill.’ Here’s what that means for you

From tax cuts for wealthy Americans to cuts in benefits through Medicaid and SNAP, this legislation provides plenty of ammunition for the president’s political priorities.

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2 w. ago Brace for a Labour tax bomb, Tories warn families and businesses in wake of welfare U

On Tuesday, the Government abandoned its flagship plan to cut disability benefits following a furious backlash from MPs.

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2 w. ago Rachel Reeves in tears at PMQs as Keir Starmer refuses to confirm she'll remain Chancellor after benefits cuts chaos

Downing Street later insisted that Ms Reeves ‘is going nowhere’ and has Sir Keir’s ‘full backing’

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2 w. ago The UK Government should never have entertained the thought of cutting benefits

Writing in the Daily Record, Scottish Labour MP Brian Leishman says reducing welfare spending is "cruel and wicked".

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2 w. ago Welfare cuts chaos: Tax rises loom within months after Starmer's 'shambolic' benefit reforms 'saved nothing'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves now faces a £5 billion hole in her tax and spending plans

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2 w. ago Tax rises 'increasingly likely' after DWP savings 'dwindle to nothing'

The benefits cut U-turn has left Rachel Reeves with a £4.8billion hole to fill

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2 w. ago Poorly led, strategically inept and shorn of democracy. Now I truly fear for this Labour government | John McDonnell

The welfare bill passed, but it was chaos. A party this dysfunctional and divided cannot escape the wrath of voters at the next electionThe welfare bill has gone through, but what is on the minds of most Labour MPs and supporters is how did we get into this appalling mess over disability benefits? A key factor has been the immense lack of judgment of the party’s real decision-makers, the team in the leader’s office, fuelled by their overweening arrogance. The egos of the young men cloistering Keir Starmer have clearly been inflated by the multitude of articles written by sycophantic commentators desperate to secure access to the new regime.However, the seeds of this debacle were sowed by the Treasury’s capture of the incoming government, enabling officials to bring back the same old austerity agenda of benefit cuts that they developed for George Osborne.John McDonnell is the independent MP for Hayes and Harlington. He was shadow chancellor for Labour from 2015 to 2020 Continue readi...

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