Watch Liz Kendall’s House of Commons statement in full as Labour announced plans to slash billions of pounds from the UK’s benefits bill on Tuesday, 18 March, amid backlash from charities and trade unions, who have described them as “immoral” and “indefensible”.
The work and pensions secretary unveiled Sir Keir Starmer’s government’s dramatic cuts to benefits, prompting fears as many as one million people could see their benefits reduced.
