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Labour’s new Government is gearing up to announce sweeping welfare cuts, with Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall set to unveil the plans on Tuesday. The

Every Labour government improves the lives of those with the least. But the framing and the targeting of these cuts is wrong, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Here is everything you need to know about British Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall amid DWP cuts.

The number of people in England and Wales claiming either sickness or disability benefit has soared from 2.8 million to about 4.0 million since 2019.

PwC warned of rising levels of economic inactivity

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: To be unveiled this week in a green paper, the government’s plans to move people off benefits and into worthwhile employment will help balance the nation’s books and prove a vote-winner, too. Some dispassionate evidence now would help the reforms command even more public confidence

As the OECD downgraded British growth forecasts, chancellor Rachel Reeves is still arguing over details of benefits cuts ahead of a major statement in the Commons

Twice as many people are claiming mental health benefits as a decade ago

Social security minister Sir Stephen Timms told the Commons that he is ‘sad’ about the worries people have expressed.

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: Labour’s reforms to benefits aim to reduce economic inactivity and encourage work, but critics warn they could push vulnerable people further into poverty

The Work and Pensions Secretary – who is expected to lay out her plans on Tuesday – told MPs that reforms would be published ‘imminently’.