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Culture secretary says Vicky Foxcroft is only frontbench MP she knows who was considering quitting before voteUK politics live – latest updatesDowning Street will not suffer a major rebellion when MPs vote next month on cuts to disability benefits, Lis…
Vicky Foxcroft says she cannot support changes to disability payments ahead of key vote on welfare billThe Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a whip in protest at the government’s welfare plans, saying she will not be able to vote for the cuts to…
Work and pensions secretary publishes her welfare reform bill, but concessions do little to placate angry Labour MPsBritain’s benefits system faces collapse without cuts to disability payments, Liz Kendall has said, as the government published plans th…
Deputy PM defends government plan predicted to result in 1.2m people with disabilities losing thousandsUK politics live – latest updatesAngela Rayner has refused to rule out punishing Labour MPs who vote against the government’s plans to cut disability…
Department for Work and Pensions publishes text of bill cutting benefits and claims three-month transitional period is ‘one of most generous ever’Angela Rayner, the deputy PM, will be taking PMQs shortly. And she will be up against Chris Philp, the sha…
Sources say party should have focused on the moral case for reforming the benefits systemUK politics live – latest updatesGovernment officials have admitted they made a mistake by making the financial case for cutting benefits as they steel themselves …
Sources say party should have focused on the moral case for reforming the benefits systemUK politics live – latest updatesGovernment officials have admitted they made a mistake by making the financial case for cutting benefits as they steel themselves …
Nicola Green, 42, speaks out after significant legal victory against department that accused her of fraudUK politics live – latest updatesThe mother of a teenager with cerebral palsy has demanded an end to the “sickening harassment” of unpaid carers af…
PM voices determination to press ahead with bill despite threat of Labour revolt over disability benefit cutsThe government’s welfare plans have to be pushed through, Keir Starmer has said, indicating that there will be no further concessions in the fa…
People who rely on personal independence payments tell how cuts will affect them as chancellor rules out U-turnMinisters are facing a backlash over planned disability welfare changes, but Rachel Reeves on Thursday resisted calls to abandon the cuts.Aft…