PIP
No Pip eligibility changes at next month’s Budget, says minister
Sir Stephen Timms took a question about the Motability scheme, which personal independence payment claimants can use to lease a new vehicle.
Kendall defends welfare reform plan after Government forced to ditch key parts
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall insisted she was motivated by getting people into work rather than cutting costs.
Government sees off backbench rebellion as welfare reforms clear Commons
‘If you can work, you should,’ social security minister Sir Stephen Timms told MPs before they voted on the welfare reforms.
Conservatives will look to amend Government welfare Bill
Kemi Badenoch will pledge that the Tories are ‘now the only party committed to serious welfare reform’.
Starmer vows to press on with welfare reform as he takes blame for U-turn
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer acknowledged his Government did not ‘get the process right’.
The welfare reform vote: All you need to know
MPs have voted to allow the Government’s Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill to advance to the next stage in becoming law.
Starmer ditches Pip benefit reforms in face of Labour revolt
Changes to eligibility for the personal independence payment (Pip) will not be made until after a review of the benefit’s assessment process.
Starmer abandons key welfare reforms in face of Labour revolt
Plans to restrict eligibility for the personal independence payment have been dropped until after a review of the benefit.
Labour rebels offered 11th-hour concession over welfare reform
A decision on changes to eligibility for the personal independence payment will not take place before a review of the benefit.
PM braced for revolt over welfare after defending his record of a year in power
Ahead of the parliamentary showdown, Sir Keir Starmer said the Government could look back with a ‘real sense of pride’ at its first year in office.