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Recess has come at a good time,” one Yorkshire Labour MP tells me pensively. “There are MPs thinking of rebelling who I never ...
BENEFITS will have to be slashed again after ministers blew their one big shot to fix Britain’s spiralling welfare bill, ...
Estimates suggest more than 1,000 disabled people and allies chanted outside the Downing Street gates or listened to speeches ... than £4.5 billion in cuts to personal independence payment (PIP) and ...
Pensioners’ rights campaigner Dennis Reed visited Downing Street on Tuesday to present a Change.org petition supported by over 117,000 people urging the ...
Just one in five voters believe Rachel Reeves is doing a good job, as chancellor’s approval rating plunges towards that of her predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng prior to him being sacked ...
An analysis by the Resolution Foundation has also shown that the welfare reforms will result in some couples losing £10,300 a year, prompting calls for the Treasury to soften the blow of the changes ...
Deaf and disabled people and their supporters took to Downing Street today ahead of the fiscal event ... the eligibility criteria for the personal independence payment (PIP) and reducing the health ...
Downing Street has said there is a "moral and ... The changes will include making it harder to qualify for PIP, as around £5bn of the floated £6bn in cuts focuses on the disability benefit ...
Downing Street has said there is a "moral and ... that the changes could slash some £5billion of welfare payments. PIP is a benefit aimed at helping the disabled with the increased cost of ...
First Minister Eluned Morgan said she contacted Downing Street to express concerns over changes to the system. With only mobility unaffected in the PIP eligibility criteria, Ms Hughes has said her ...
Downing Street has said there is a “moral and ... She says, for example, that the Tories launched a consultation on tightening PIP eligibility criteria, and that “their right to try guarantee ...