People with disabilities often have higher household costs, such as higher energy bills, and extra costs for specialist ...

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” ...

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 ...

Labour's welfare cuts were branded 'calamitous' yesterday for targeting the wrong people and failing to tackle ...

Most people are against planned changes to disability benefit assessments as MPs prepare to vote on controversial welfare ...

A "weakened" Keir Starmer is preparing to offer Labour MP rebels even more concessions on welfare cuts ahead of tomorrow's ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said MPs raised "substantial" concerns over planned cuts to disability benefits.

But it’s clear that whether it’s Labour or Tories in power, the welfare state is not in safe hands at Westminster. The Big ...

At least 150,000 more people will be pushed into relative poverty by the end of 2029-30 because of welfare changes ... and ministers also rowed back on plans to cut the health-related element of ...

Keir Starmer is still facing a huge Labour rebellion in a crunch Commons vote despite the government’s U-turn on welfare cuts ...

The government has admitted that Sir Keir Starmer’s benefit cuts will still push 150,000 people into relative poverty, despite the prime minister watering down the measures.An assessment of the impact ...

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