Ben Chu and Tom Edgington BBC Verify Getty Images The government has confirmed details of its scaled-back plan to reform health and disability benefits, following pressure from Labour MPs. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said changes to Pip (Personal Independence Payment) would only apply to new claimants. She also confirmed that payments to existing…
MPs have voted for changes to the welfare system which alters the criteria for some benefits. After weeks of deliberation, and significant climbdowns by ministers to avoid defeat in the Commons, 49 Labour MPs voted against their own government. But this was not enough to defeat the bill as it was backed by 335 votes…
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The extraordinary thing about Tuesday’s welfare reform vote is it felt, albeit perhaps just fleetingly, like the fraught and chaotic parliamentary rows about Brexit. Or even the bumpy moments for Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. It is extraordinary to say that because the parallel seems absurd: those moments in recent years happened to prime ministers…
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Getty Images Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has not ruled out tax rises to pay for the last-minute concessions the government made to get MPs to back its welfare reform bill. Ministers had already said people currently receiving personal independence payment (Pip) would not be affected by the new rules, and will now delay their…
Dearbail Jordan Business reporter, BBC News Reuters Chancellor Rachel Reeves Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plan to cut billions of pounds in welfare costs through reforms has essentially gone up in smoke. Following major government concessions on the benefits bill, a forecast £5bn in savings by 2029-30 has been severely dented. Coming so closely after the U-turn…
It might be uncomfortable territory, but it’s worth reflecting on just how unprecedented Wednesday’s events in the House of Commons were. The images blared across the media of Rachel Reeves in tears as Sir Keir Starmer answered questions from the dispatch box were devastating for a chancellor who has made having an iron core central…
PA Media Sir Keir Starmer has set out his 10-year-plan to reform the NHS in England, based on a shift from hospitals to neighbourhood health hubs, a new focus on prevention and better use of technology. He said the government’s 162-page blueprint might be the last chance to put the health service “back on its…
