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Kendall to add protections to welfare Bill amid backlash to cuts

Dozens of Labour MPs last month urged the Prime Minister to pause and reassess planned cuts, saying the proposals are ‘impossible to support’.

Evening Standard

Ministers to offer olive branch on welfare plans to avert Labour rebellion

Exclusive: Liz Kendall pledges sick and disabled people will be protected but MPs are pushing for more substantial changes to bill

The Guardian - UK

DWP news, updates, and information on claiming benefits

People struggling with the cost of living can claim benefits for support, even if they work, have savings, or own a home.

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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

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

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

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.

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Publish tax returns to flush out dodgers

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The Guardian - UK

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

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

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

£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

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

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

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The Independent UK

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

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 Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

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.

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The National (Scotland)

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

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)

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.

The Guardian - UK

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)

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

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

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.’

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