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Welfare reforms will lead to rise in homelessness, charities warn Government

Charities have urged a rethink by Government on the proposed welfare reforms.

Evening Standard · May 30, 2025

Nigel Farage has reminded Labour what voters want

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Reform UK leader’s attempt to formulate a serious policy platform barely camouflages his party’s distasteful populism. It will fall to the prime minister to balance the public’s desire to maintain a fair welfare state with sustainable public finances

The Independent UK · May 27, 2025

DWP reveals the 700,000 people who will avoid Starmer’s PIP benefits changes

Minister for social security and disability Sir Stephen Timms confirmed which group will be unaffected by PIP changes

The Independent UK · May 27, 2025

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Kendall vows to give young people ‘chances and choices’ for a better life

The Work and Pensions Secretary was speaking at the launch in Liverpool of a programme to get young people into education, work and training.

Evening Standard · May 22, 2025

Publish tax returns to flush out dodgers

Brief letters: Many happy tax returns | Saving the welfare state | Defeat’s silver lining | Champion pundits | AI and copyright

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2025

Kendall says welfare reforms will address ‘economic and social crisis’

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall insisted changes are necessary to get people off benefits and into work.

Evening Standard · May 21, 2025

Starmer reveals U-turn on cuts to winter fuel payments as Labour MPs threaten revolt and Reform surge in polls

The PM made the announcement in the Commons that the Government was reconsidering the controversial policy

Evening Standard · May 21, 2025

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Disability claimants with back problems to lose most in Labour’s welfare changes

Liz Kendall will argue her benefit cuts are necessary to save the welfare state

The Independent UK · May 21, 2025

£5 billion welfare cuts needed to ‘save’ system, Kendall to say

The Government appears intent to press ahead with the plans amid mounting opposition.

Evening Standard · May 20, 2025

Our £5bn disability benefits cut will stop welfare state collapsing, says Kendall

Exclusive: Work and pensions secretary to double down on changes despite growing pressure within Labour

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2025

Starmer and his allies spent so long attacking Labour’s left, they forgot how to govern

Rehashing 20-year-old Blairite ideas that were stale then will inspire nobody. Britain is crying out for bold, transformative policy-making, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2025

DWP should have legal duty to look after vulnerable benefits claimants, say MPs

Ministers should introduce the statutory duty to prevent people from dying as a result of mistakes in the welfare system, a Commons committee said.

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025

PIP changes begin as part of cost-cutting reforms to benefits

Over 40 Labour MPs have urged the government to reassess the planned cuts

The Independent UK · May 13, 2025

Liz Kendall to overhaul DWP’s assessment for disability benefits

Work and pensions secretary calls for groups to engage as she scraps capability assessment and overhauls Pip application

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2025

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The Independent UK · May 12, 2025

Review of Pip disability benefits under way, minister says

Liz Kendall said the DWP would be meeting with disabled people and organisations as she looks to tighten eligibility for the benefit.

The National (Scotland) · Apr 26, 2025

Labour MPs rebel over plan to raid bank accounts of benefit claimants

Keir Starmer faces a revolt from Labour MPs over plans to raid people's bank accounts and cancel driving licences as part of a crackdown on benefits…

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2025

Starmer faces Labour revolt over plan to raid bank accounts of benefit claimants

Welfare fraud bill would allow funds to be taken from bank accounts and driving licences to be cancelled

The National (Scotland) · Apr 20, 2025

Scottish Labour councillor blasts own party for pushing families into poverty

A SCOTTISH Labour councillor has attacked his own party’s policies which have pushed disabled people and their families into poverty.

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2025

Ministers scramble to avoid Labour rebellion on disability benefit cuts

Backbenchers may be allowed to abstain, a major climbdown from previous votes when rebels were suspended from the party

The National (Scotland) · Apr 15, 2025

As independence polls send mixed signals, are Labour cuts shifting the dial?

A SUSTAINED Yes majority over a long period of time is precisely what the independence movement has been crying out for since the 2014 referendum ...

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2025

Labour’s welfare cuts consultation called a ‘sham’ as PIP changes not up for discussion

Campaigners have called the conversation a ‘sham’ as people are invited to discuss only half of the proposals

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2025

Liz Kendall refuses to retract claim too many on benefits are ‘taking the mickey’

In an interview with Anushka Asthana, Department for Work and Pensions secretary Liz Kendall refused to retract a comment she made in February claiming too many people on benefits in the UK were ‘taking the mickey.’

Evening Standard · Apr 9, 2025

Government's first back to work scheme rolls out in London as benefits cuts loom

West London is the first area in the country to get funding from the Government’s ‘Connect to Work’ programme, which aims to support 100,000 people per year people into jobs as disability payments are cut

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2025

Mapped: Where Labour’s benefit cuts will hit the hardest

New analysis shows which regions will see the most lose out from Labour’s benefit cuts

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025

True scale of welfare cuts ‘closer to £9bn’, experts warn

Experts warn 100,000 more people plunged into poverty by cuts than government previously estimated

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