Government announces changes to welfare bill in major climbdown
Keir Starmer's government had been facing a huge rebellion over the bill.
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Government whip resigns over disability benefit cuts
"I know I will not be able to do the job that is required of me and whip – or indeed vote – for reforms which include cuts to disabled people’s finances."
EXCLUSIVE: Corrie stars warn Keir Starmer’s disability cuts could fuel homelessness
Speaking to the London Economic, the soap actors voiced their concerns over Starmer's cuts.
Minister admits UK ‘can’t carry on’ with poverty levels for large families amid calls to scrap two child benefit cap
The government is under growing pressure to scrap the two-child benefit cap.
Liz Carr and BGT winner among disabled celebrities urging Keir Starmer to scrap welfare cuts
The group argue that the plans are “inhumane and catastrophic.”
Keir Starmer defends welfare cuts by saying his dad ‘loved making tools’
The prime minister said the system has 'wreaked a terrible human cost'
Labour removing ‘financial incentive’ to go on welfare benefits, Liz Kendall says
The work and pensions secretary blamed 'the legacy of 14 years of Tory failure.'
Cuts and caps to benefits have always harmed people, not helped them into work
'Many of the measures already implemented to reduce spending by cutting or capping benefits have pushed people further away from the labour market.'
Faiza Shaheen calls out Labour government for ‘shocking’ welfare cuts
“There is always money for war, but not for the poor.”