There is a “moral and economic case” to overhaul Britain’s benefits system, Downing Street has said as Sir Keir Starmer faces mounting discontent from his own MPs over sweeping changes to the welfare state.
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is expected to set out plans for reform on Tuesday in an effort to get more people back to work and cut the UK’s ballooning benefits bill, which has been described by ministers as “unsustainable”.
