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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…