The Chancellor's decision to take the luxury present while mulling major benefit cuts for the poorest has sparked backlash.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has shared an update as the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) ...

All Labour MPs have been called in to Downing Street for talks about the major benefits cuts expected to be announced next week by the government. ITV News understands "roundtable" discussions are ...

Addressing Labour MPs behind closed doors last night, the PM said: ‘We’ve found ourselves in a worst of all worlds situation - with the wrong incentives - discouraging people from working ...

Labour MP Mike Amesbury has announced he will stand down as an MP "as soon as possible" and trigger the first by-election since Labour got into government last July. Amesbury pleaded guilty in ...

THE five Scottish Labour MPs who joined a group backing the UK Government's proposed welfare cuts have been branded “frankly despicable”. It is understood Chancellor Rachel Reeves plans to save ...

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The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. A Labour MP has said he is worried that the government’s widely trailed welfare cuts feel “like a rerun of austerity”. Neil ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer has told anxious Labour MPs that it is right to slash billions of pounds from the welfare ...

Sir Keir was faced with grumbling at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party last night, as he argued that Brits were being incentivised not to work. There are fears dozens of MPs will ...