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Whips increase pressure on MPs and No 10 drawing up contingency plans for ministerial changes as vote nearsThe government is intensifying efforts to quell a growing rebellion over welfare cuts, with whips stepping up contact with MPs and strategists dr…
Exclusive: Liz Kendall pledges sick and disabled people will be protected but MPs are pushing for more substantial changes to billMinisters are to offer mutinous Labour MPs an olive branch on the government’s welfare plans to help avert a major rebelli…
Chancellor says criteria for getting personal independence payment are being reviewedUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has ruled out a U-turn on disability benefit cuts but said she was “taking into account” representations from Labour MPs…
Institute for Fiscal Studies says Treasury figures for projected efficiency savings are not credibleUK on track to become a ‘National Health State’, says thinktankRachel Reeves is now on ITV’s Good Morning Britain. Susannah Reid and Richard Madeley are…
Change means about 7.5 million pensioners in England and Wales who lost out on payment will have it restoredUK politics live – latest updatesAll pensioners with an income of £35,000 or less a year will have the winter fuel payment restored in full, Rac…
Conservative party leader calls for apology from Keir Starmer as Lib Dems also try to take credit for reversal of policyWinter fuel payments threshold to rise to £35,000The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are both trying to take credit for the …
UK government declined to conduct Wales-specific impact assessment for plans, despite calls from first ministerDisability benefit cuts planned by the UK government will disproportionately impact the lives of people in Wales, campaigners have said.Resea…
National Theatre and RSC directors among signatories to letter decrying proposed changes to Access to Work schemeUK politics live – latest updatesMore than 2,500 figures from the arts including leaders at the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare …
Tory leader says PM should apologise to pensioners and asks how U-turn will be fundedReeves says her changes to the fiscal rules last year will make more investment possible.The decisions that we made in October mean that, for the first time, the Treas…
Ahead of next week’s statement, the chancellor is to announcing transport investments outside LondonRachel Reeves unveils £15bn for trams, trains and buses outside LondonRachel Reeves’s spring statement in March ended up being defined by deep cuts to d…