welfare
PM vows to tackle child poverty with ‘vigour’ amid unease over two-child cap
Seven Labour MPs were stripped of the whip for backing an SNP motion to axe the welfare limit.
Labour rebel suggests she was victim of ‘macho virility test’ after suspension
Zarah Sultana was one of seven Labour MPs stripped of the whip for backing an SNP motion to axe the two-child benefit cap.
Starmer faces more backbench pressure over ‘heinous’ and ‘sexist’ benefit cap
Rosie Duffield likened the policy to the dystopian world of The Handmaid’s Tale, in which women’s rights have been taken away.
Starmer faces further calls from MPs to scrap two-child benefit cap
Labour has faced consistent pressure to scrap the limit since before the election, from charities and its own backbenchers.
Two-child cap will affect 670,000 extra children in next five years, IFS warns
The benefit limit is one of the most significant welfare cuts since 2010, the think tank said.
Conservatives pledge welfare reforms with aim at halting rising costs
The party has claimed its latest election offer will save the public purse some £12 billion a year.
Carer benefit overpayments hits almost 5,000 people who are being ‘pursued’ to pay back
£9million of carers allowance overpayments have been referred to the Department for Communities
Tories will keep two-child benefit limit, PM confirms
Charities have called for the cap to be abolished amid record levels of child poverty.
Women who receive disability payment criticise planned welfare reforms
Rishi Sunak has proposed changes to the personal independence payment.
The only part of British rule nationalism has managed to dismantle is the welfare state
There’s no point blaming Jeffrey Donaldson alone - if our political parties had spent half as much time defending the NHS as they have waving flags, we would not be in this public services mess