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Woman, 86, told she no longer has to repay £13,000 in benefits in DWP U-turn

Exclusive: Case of Sia Kasparis, who has dementia, had been highlighted in Guardian investigation into unpaid care

The Guardian - UK

UK state pension to rise by more than £400 a year, say reports

Figures reportedly seen by BBC show men born after 1951 and women after 1953 will get £12,000 in 2025 and 2026

The Guardian - UK

Ministers launch pension credit campaign after restricting winter fuel payments

Government urges pensioners to check their eligibility for credit which will also qualify recipients for winter fuel support

The Guardian - UK

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Rachel Reeves Exposed For Using Taxpayer Funds To Pay Bills After Stripping Pensioners Of Winter Fuel Payments

Rachel Reeves is facing backlash for using taxpayer funds to pay her energy bills while cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners, sparking accusations of hypocrisy and public outrage.

International Business Times UK

Labour to ditch ‘blame culture’ over benefits bill, work and pensions minister says

Big reforms will be needed to get more people back to work, minister Liz Kendall says

The Independent UK

Labour is fast discovering that Britain needs more than a Band-Aid to restore it to health

The country faces grave and deep-seated problems that only bold – and expensive – policies can address

The Guardian - UK

It’s time to end blame culture over benefits bill, says Labour minister

Exclusive: Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall pledges to halt Tory ‘salami slicing’ of benefits, but Labour under fire for union pay deals

The Guardian - UK

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Labour adviser says long-term sick should be forced into work

Former health secretary Alan Milburn, who is advising the government, said seven in 10 economically inactive people want to work but few are required to or have the help to do so

The Independent UK

What is the UK’s two-child cap on benefits and will Labour ever reverse it?

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing calls from campaigners and his own MPs to scrap the cap on family benefits.

Al Jazeera

Keir Starmer suspends seven rebel MPs including John McDonnell over two-child benefit cap vote

Show of strength by new Labour prime minister after work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall said the government had to do ‘the sums’ before it could commit to abolishing the limit

The Independent UK

If the government is serious about tackling child poverty, it should extend free school meals

The government has created a new ministerial taskforce for its child poverty strategy, led by Work and Pensions secretary Liz Kendall and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson. It is urgently needed: 4.3 million children in the UK are living in poverty.

The Conversation

Car crash interview sees Labour minister squirm over arms sales to Israel

A LABOUR minister had been slammed over a “nightmare” interview in which she failed to commit to overturn Tory secrecy on arms exports to Israel…

The National (Scotland)

DWP told to focus on work, not welfare, by Labour Work and Pensions Secretary

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be told it must become a “department for work”, rather than a “department for welfare”, by…

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer faces Commons vote on two-child benefit cap after amendment to King's Speech selected

Labour under pressure to scrap rule which limits welfare payments to first two children in most families

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The National (Scotland)

Labour MP says ending two-child cap 'matter of political will' amid growing rebellion

A LABOUR MP has said that scrapping the two-child benefit is a “matter of political” amid a growing party rebellion against the policy ...

The Independent UK

Gordon Brown launches ‘multibank’ for London amid rising child poverty

Distributing items such as baby products as well as food, it will be overseen by the Felix Project

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP calls two-child benefit cap ‘heinous’ in latest call to scrap policy

Keir Starmer under pressure to scrap limit as more than dozen MPs thought to support king’s speech amendment

The Guardian - UK

Starmer will bin the two-child benefit cap and outdo New Labour on tackling poverty – I’ll bet on it

On the Aylesbury estate in London this week, I met residents who recall the impact Blair had. This government will go even further, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer aims to avoid backbench rebellion with child poverty taskforce

PM’s speech failed to specify measures to tackle issue, angering MPs calling to scrap the two-child benefit cap

The Independent UK

The Government’s confirmed key policy positions at a glance

Labour has hit the ground running after a landslide General Election victory provided scope for major changes.

The Independent UK

Pressure ramps up on Labour to ditch ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap as 1.6 million children impacted

Some 592,000 children were affected by the policy in 2019, and the figure has increased by 100,000 in the past year

The Guardian - UK

Who is in the new Labour cabinet?

With many MPs who served Blair and Brown, Starmer’s team is one of the most experienced in recent times

Evening Standard

Martin Lewis rebukes Tories for using him in video ad targeting Labour tax plans

The Money Saving Expert founder criticised a post by the Tories on social media

The National (Scotland)

Top Labour candidate 'loses temper' with Martin Lewis in heated GMB exchange

A LABOUR MP candidate has clashed with TV host Martin Lewis while live on a popular breakfast show over the council tax system ...

Evening Standard

Labour must go 'much further' in tackling child poverty, Liz Kendall admits

The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary said Labour ‘cannot do everything overnight’ but has a ‘bold and ambitious’ plan to reduce child poverty

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