The rising cost of sickness and disability benefits is "devastating" for the public finances, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer ...

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall faced the fury of Labour backbenchers as she announced plans to slash £5billion a ...

The rising sickness and disability benefits bill is “devastating” for the public finances and has “wreaked a terrible human ...

Sir Keir Starmer faces mounting backbench discontent as the Government prepares to announce sweeping changes to the welfare ...

Some Labour backbenchers are “jumping to conclusions” about expected reforms to the welfare system before the plans are ...

The number of people in England and Wales claiming either sickness or disability benefit has soared from 2.8 million to about ...

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall Several backbenchers have also expressed frustration at a lack of communication from ministers, with one describing “engagement sessions” held by Number ...

Labour is set to unveil cuts to benefits today amid mounting fury from backbenchers. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will meet his Cabinet this morning to sign off the package aimed at getting people ...

Plans to reduce the welfare spend bill have permeated British politics for many years, but have yet to be implemented. While ...

It comes as Downing Street seeks to reassure Labour backbenchers uneasy with how cuts to the welfare bill would affect the most vulnerable in society. The number of claimants on Universal Credit ...

For Labour backbenchers concerned about the impact on some of the most vulnerable members of society, the arguments sound suspiciously like those made by the previous Conservative governments ...