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Voices: Starmer’s welfare humiliation is a turning point for his government

COMMENT: The prime minister had no choice but to give in to Labour rebels on disability benefits – but this rebellion has been handled particularly badly, says John Rentoul, who doubts the current PM will see out this parliament

The Independent UK

Welfare bill: what compromises have been made and how will claimants be affected?

More than 120 Labour MPs were planning to defeat the bill by voting against it before last-minute concessions

The Guardian - UK

Welfare reforms: What concessions has the Government made?

The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill is due before the Commons on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

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Third U-turn in a month leaves Keir Starmer diminished

Changes to welfare bill likely to win over moderates, but PM’s reputation for embracing tough reforms damaged

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Labour MPs set to rebel on UK welfare reform – see the full list

MORE than 100 Labour MPs have lined up to oppose the UK Government’s proposed changes to disability benefits ...

The National (Scotland)

MPs back bill changes to prevent medics raising assisted dying with under-18s

Next week’s final vote finely balanced, with scrutiny growing over loopholes and who will deliver the system

The Guardian - UK

HMRC failure to notify MPs sooner about £49m phishing scam ‘unacceptable’

In a letter to HMRC, Treasury Committee chairwoman Dame Meg Hillier said that to discover the information during a session ‘is unacceptable’.

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HMRC phishing scam rises to £49m as MPs criticise ‘unacceptable’ delay

Approximately 100,000 taxpayers were affected by an ‘organised crime’ incident which started last year

The Independent UK

‘A real mess’: splits emerge in Labour over supreme court’s gender ruling

Growing number of MPs are questioning Keir Starmer’s claim that ruling has brought ‘clarity’ to issue

The Guardian - UK

Care homes and hospices must have right to opt out of assisted dying, MPs hear

The Government is neutral on the Bill and any votes MPs make are according to their own conscience rather than along party lines.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying bill is ‘flawed and dangerous’ after changes, says group of Labour MPs

Bill, which passed committee scrutiny on Tuesday, has ‘insufficient protections’ for most vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

Bank of England drops diversity rules for City firms as US rolls back DEI

The Bank’s enforcement arm, the Prudential Regulatory Authority, revealed the decision on Tuesday in the wake of major US firms scrapping diversity goals

The Independent UK

Bank and building society users hit by 33 days of outages in two years, say MPs

Treasury committee finds disruption a result of 158 IT incidents affecting millions of customers

The Guardian - UK

Is the lifetime Isa no longer fit for purpose?

Martin Lewis says the saving scheme proved a big hit but is starting to penalise the very people it sought to help

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Liaison committee day. This was Keir Time. He’d dreamed of it for most of his life

Being asked about what he has been doing is Starmer’s idea of fun. There’s nothing he likes more than going on and on about himself

The Guardian - UK

Treasury may have broken law by failing to reveal £9.5bn spend in Tory budget, MPs told

Head of OBR says spending commitment would have ‘materially changed’ its forecast on Jeremy Hunt’s pre-election budget

Evening Standard

Sexual harassment and discrimination claims soar at City firms, finds survey

After a sharp rise in misconduct claims, Treasury Committee chief Dame Meg Hillier said that culture at finance firms may be ‘going backwards’.

The Guardian - UK

‘Chronic’ low pay hurting civil service staff morale and recruitment, say MPs

Public accounts committee finds real-terms median pay has decreased for most Whitehall staff since 2013

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The Guardian - UK

No compelling examples of what levelling up has delivered, watchdog finds

Public accounts committee report shows hardly any of 71 projects due to be completed this month are on track

Evening Standard

Damning report exposing £17billion UK defence deficit paves way for radical overhaul

Public Accounts Committee reveals a £16.9 billion deficit in equipment plans at the Ministry of Defence

The Guardian - UK

UK government urged to review £2bn in Fujitsu contracts amid Horizon scandal

Japanese company’s Horizon IT system caused accounting errors that were blamed on post office operators

The Guardian - UK

‘Cloak and dagger tactics’: Tories paid Rwanda an extra £100m for asylum deal

Ministers criticised after civil servant tells MPs payment was made in April after £140m had already been sent

The National (Scotland)

'A total farce': Tories paid Rwanda an extra £100m for latest asylum deal

THE UK has given Rwanda £100 million this year as part of its deal to send asylum seekers there.

The Independent UK

Government departments ‘do not know how many underperforming staff they have’

Some 11 out of 16 also failed to identify how long it takes for new recruits to pass security vetting, according to the report.

The Independent UK

MPs have ‘no confidence’ in promises made about new hospital programme

The Public Accounts Committee said the programme ‘will not deliver all 40 new hospitals by 2030’.

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