Minister to soften impact of planned disability benefit cuts
Liz Kendall tries to ease the impact of planned benefits cuts as Labour MPs consider rebelling.
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Missions impossible: Can Starmer’s Cabinet get behind his plan?
Ministers have been fighting the Treasury as Labour MPs grow increasingly restless.
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Chris Mason: Labour hopes to put winter fuel misstep behind them
Ever since the original decision, Labour MPs have grumbled they've been taking heat for it.
22 days ago
Keir Starmer mulls sealing hat-trick of U-turns by watering down disability benefit changes as well as winter fuel and child cash cuts to appease Labour MPs
Reports suggest that claimants could get more time to seek support before Labour's welfare cuts are implemented under 'tweaks' being considered by the Prime Minister.
24 days ago
Starmer looks at scrapping UK’s two-child benefit cap
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Prime minister’s move to appease Labour MPs could create a £3bn conundrum for Rachel Reeves in the Autumn Budget
There is an alternative, Labour MPs tell Reeves
Some MPs are calling on the chancellor to raise taxes on the wealthy instead of cutting welfare.
25 days ago
Jittery Labour MPs divided over benefits cuts
Labour MPs are debating the party's values as they decide whether to back welfare cuts worth £5bn a year.
40 days ago
Lefty Labour MPs create new headache for Starmer by refusing to back benefit cuts despite warning party must break fiscal 'doom loop' to see off Farage
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Fourteen MPs who entered the Commons just last year are among the signatories of a letter demanding he and Chancellor Rachel Reeves U-turn on cuts due to be voted on next week.
41 days ago
Act now to win back Red Wall voters, Labour MPs say
The call from MPs in northern England and the Midlands comes after a disastrous set of local election results.
44 days ago
Nigel Farage swipes the Tories 'will never recover' following their local elections wipeout - as Conservative and Labour MPs demand changes in face of Reform UK surge
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The Tories lost more than 600 councillors and all 15 of the councils they controlled going into Thursday's contest - among the worst results in the party's history.