8 h. 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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9 h. ago Labour MP Rachael Maskell warns against 'draconian cuts' as DWP plans benefit change

Rachael Maskell has suggested she has detected "deep, deep concern" from colleagues in the Commons, amid risks of a rift between the Government and the back benches

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10 h. 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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11 h. 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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12 h. 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.

Economics

20 h. ago Labour MP warns against ‘draconian cuts’ ahead of expected welfare reforms

Reforms to the welfare system are expected ahead of the Spring Statement at the end of this month.

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21 h. ago Keir Starmer hopes to finalise a peacekeeping plan for Ukraine this week

The Prime Minister (left) will continue his diplomatic push in a bid to reach a more 'concrete' blueprint for peace which can be presented to Washington.

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4 d. ago Musk should not be allowed to funnel money into UK politics, Labour MP warns

MPs have called on the Government to ‘deal with’ the businesses and organisations foreign individuals can use to donate to UK political parties.

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5 d. ago Labour MPs warn aid budget cuts could allow greater role for Russia and China

Concerns were raised during a Commons debate despite a welcome for the move to increase defence spending.

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7 d. ago 'Epidemic' of fake songs to get worse under Labour's AI plans, stars warn

Government proposals to allow Big Tech to scrape Britain's musical archives will worsen the 'epidemic' of AI 'deepfakes' plaguing the internet, insiders have warned.

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7 d. ago Eye patients could lose sight as clinicians opt for simpler and better

Head of Royal College of Opthalomology and a Labour MP warn of potential ‘ophthalmology desert’.

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8 d. ago Barking & Dagenham: Labour warned on Reform party rise in London

Barking & Dagenham: Labour warned on Reform party rise in London  BBC.com

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8 d. ago Farmers face arrest if they block roads with their tractors during latest protest over Labour's inheritance tax raid, police warn

Farmers could be arrested if they drive their tractors in central London during a rally against changes to inheritance tax rules, the Met Police have warned.

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1 week ago Anneliese Dodds resigns over Keir Starmer’s decision to cut aid budget

Exclusive: International development minister warns it will be ‘impossible’ to retain funding in Gaza, Sudan and UkraineAnneliese Dodds: soft left intellectual pushed to resign over Starmer’s slide rightUK politics live – latest updatesAnneliese Dodds, the international development minister, has quit her post over Keir Starmer’s decision to slash the international aid budget by almost half to pay for a generational increase in defence spending.The senior Labour MP, who attended cabinet, warned that the UK pulling back from development would bolster Russia, which has already been aggressively increasing its presence worldwide, as well as encouraging China’s attempts to rewrite global rules. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Foreign aid budget cut will cost lives, warns Labour former first minister

Lord Jack McConnell has urged Number 10 to rethink the decision.

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1 week ago More than 1,000 musicians including Kate Bush and The Clash release 'silent album' to show the impact Labour's damaging AI plans would have on the music industry

Massive stars including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and The Clash are among those who have collaborated on the project designed to warn that Labour's proposals would see the industry fall silent.

Culture

1 week ago More than 1,000 musicians including Kate Bash and The Clash release 'silent album' to show the impact Labour's damaging AI plans would have on the music industry

Massive stars including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and The Clash are among those who have collaborated on the project designed to warn that Labour's proposals would see the industry fall silent.

Culture

2 w. ago Starmer warns cabinet about Blairism — while bringing in New Labour era staff

Prime minister’s note to ministers repudiates older views on globalisation and immigration

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2 w. ago Tories warned they may get fewer new Lords after trying to block Labour's attempt to kick the last hereditary peers out of the upper House

The Government is currently engaged in a battle to eject the remaining 92 hereditary peers from the upper chamber.

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage warns Labour to stop being so 'miserable' and 'declinist' to get Britain's birth rate rising again

The Reform leader blasted Chancellor Rachel Reeves for making the public 'reach for the tissues' with her downbeat rhetoric and warnings of difficult decisions.

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