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Welfare reforms U-turn means we're in 'better position', says Streeting
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said MPs raised "substantial" concerns over planned cuts to disability benefits.
Starmer’s welfare cuts could leave thousands of disabled women trapped with abusers, campaigners warn
Exclusive: The prime minister’s controversial welfare cuts would deepen economic insecurity for disabled women and make them ...
Starmer Backtracks on Planned Social Cuts After Pushback From His Own Party
The British prime minister had pressed ahead with the proposal, but a parliamentary vote on it was expected to fail.
What are the government's planned welfare cuts and how much will they save?
A significant number of Labour MPs are threatening to vote against the government's working-age welfare reform plan when it ...
Keir Starmer sparks 'two-tier' benefits system row with major U-turn on welfare cuts
The U-turn on personal independence payments will protect the incomes of some 370,000 people - but new claimants could be ...
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Welfare cuts would ‘undermine workforce inclusion and business resilience’
The government's welfare bill has been altered as prime minister Keir Starmer sets out to gain the backing of more than 120 ...
Welfare Cuts Rebellion and Assisted Dying
Felicity is joined by PA's Political Editor David Hughes and BBC Political Correspondent Teleri Glyn Jones to discuss UK ...
Scots charity says Labour welfare cuts will 'rip gaping holes' in support for vulnerable
A top Scottish charity has dismissed Keir Starmer’s concessions on his welfare cuts bill as “nowhere near enough”. Citizens ...