Number 10 is preparing to offer concessions to Labour MPs amid a major rebellion over the government’s planned welfare cuts. Downing Street is understood to be considering watering down changes to the eligibility for disability benefits which had been significantly tightened by the reforms in the bill. More than 120 MPs are poised to rebel […]
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Starmer insists vote on welfare cuts bill will happen on Tuesday amid speculation Labour revolt will force delay Good morning. MPs are due to vote on the universal credit (UC) and personal independent payments (Pip) bill next week, the legislation enacting the disability and sickness benefit cuts worth around £5bn. As Pippa Crerar and Aletha
Keir Starmer has said the government will stand firm on its welfare plans as ministers and party whips struggled to contain a growing Labour rebellion before next week’s vote. The tally of rebels already stood at 108 by Tuesday morning and, as Labour heavy-hitters waded into the row, there were fears inside government that the
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McFadden defends Liz Kendall’s handling of welfare reform brief Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden has praised Liz Kendall’s handling of her government brief amid a rebellion by Labour MPs over welfare reform plans. Asked on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme how long she could stay in her job if she could
Keir Starmer has warned of a “risk of escalation” in the Middle East and beyond as a result of the US bombing of Iran, but said he backed the strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities and called on Tehran to return to negotiations. The prime minister, who was quick to clarify that the UK had not
Put politics aside when it comes to child sexual exploitation, grooming gang survivors urge Alexandra Topping The political “tug-of-war with vulnerable women” abused by grooming gangs must stop ahead of a new national inquiry into the crimes, survivors have told the Guardian. Holly Archer and Scarlett Jones, two survivors who played a key role in
The UK government will have to sign off on the US use of its Diego Garcia base in any bombing raid on Iran, it has emerged, as ministers gathered to discuss a range of scenarios amid further increasing tensions in the region. The prime minster, Sir Keir Starmer, chaired an emergency Cobra meeting to discuss