Labour's controversial Welfare Reform Bill is scheduled for a second reading in the House of Commons tomorrow. By last week, 127 Labour MPs had signed an amendment to scupper the Bill, forcing Keir ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. A Labour welfare rebel has said he was still opposed to the government’s welfare bill, which he considers a “leap in the dark” ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given way to political pressure and watered down planned welfare reforms to avert ...

Andy Burnham has urged MPs to vote against Sir Keir Starmer’s welfare cuts on Tuesday despite the reforms being watered down as the Prime Minister continued to battle to secure enough support to get ...

Exclusive: The prime minister’s controversial welfare cuts would deepen economic insecurity for disabled women and make them ...

A significant number of Labour MPs are threatening to vote against the government's working-age welfare reform plan when it ...

The British prime minister had pressed ahead with the proposal, but a parliamentary vote on it was expected to fail.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer sharply scaled back planned welfare cuts on Friday to quell a rebellion by lawmakers in ...

The PM has said the UK's benefits system is broken and fixing it is a "moral imperative", a day after a backbench Labour ...

Elizabeth Butler goes from one supermarket to the next in her hometown of Martinsburg, West Virginia, to ensure she gets the ...

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The U-turn on personal independence payments will protect the incomes of some 370,000 people - but new claimants could be ...