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Disabled claimants have come to expect ‘reliably poor service’ from the DWP, scathing review finds

Sir Stephen Timms suggested disabled people would be placed ‘at the heart’ of the review he is undertaking into personal independent payments.

With £6.25bn in planned savings now shelved, the government faces awkward choices on how to plug gap

Downing Street later insisted that Ms Reeves ‘is going nowhere’ and has Sir Keir’s ‘full backing’

The government’s landmark bill on welfare reform passed by 335 to 260 votes on Tuesday evening, after staving off a major rebellion from Labour MPs. To win over backbench MPs who had opposed the bill, the government made a series of concessions, including a last-minute compromise agreeing that any changes…

Campaigners call government’s climbdown on personal independence payments ‘desperate’ and vow to fight on

In today’s newsletter: After frantic late negotiations, the government’s welfare overhaul has ​passed – now saving almost none of the money that the government said was crucial to its success

Changes to eligibility for the personal independence payment (Pip) will not be made until after a review of the benefit’s assessment process.

LABOUR have pushed through benefit cuts for disabled people despite Keir Starmer suffering the largest rebellion of his premiership so far.