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Mel Stride outlines plans to slash £47bn a year from public spending, including £23bn welfare cutUK politics live – latest updatesOverseas nationals denied benefits under a Conservative plan to limit social security to UK citizens would have the option…
The community development program required those in remote areas – mostly Indigenous people – to work more than city-based participantsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA cl…
A letter to the prime minister on the eve of the Labour conference warns of ‘critical need’ to abandon the policyTeaching unions have written to the prime minister asking him to scrap the two-child benefit cap ahead of Labour’s annual conference, which…
Peak body for community legal centres finds number of payments suspended due to IT glitch higher than department initially identifiedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHundreds of thousands of Centrelink payments were illegally …
Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor says policy introduced in 2017 is arbitrary and cannot be justifiedAndy Burnham has thrown further weight behind calls to scrap the two-child benefit limit, calling it an abhorrent policy, which represents the “worst…
Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor says policy introduced in 2017 is arbitrary and cannot be justifiedAndy Burnham has thrown further weight behind calls to scrap the two-child benefit limit, calling it an abhorrent policy, which represents the “worst…
Thinktank’s Alexander Iosad claims says cards will tackle illegal migration and help people access government servicesSweeney asked about Northern Powerhouse Rail, and reports it is being shelved again.Burnham said these reports were “disappointing”.It…
Deputy leadership candidate says party needs to be ‘clear that our objective is to lift children out of poverty’Labour should consider raising taxes on gambling firms to cover the cost of lifting the two-child benefit cap, the party’s deputy leadership…
Exclusive: Clearest sign yet No 10 is preparing to ditch policy as its preferred deputy leadership hopeful says issue is ‘profoundly personal’UK politics live – latest updatesMinisters are a step closer to abandoning the two-child benefit cap after Dow…
Liberal leader to deliver speech arguing against ‘permanent dependency on government’ and pledging to means-test welfare paymentsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSussan Ley has signalled the Coalition plans to ramp up means-te…