Benefits cuts – live: Minister refuses to rule out more welfare cuts as Tories criticise ‘rushed’ reforms
Minister refuses to rule out more welfare cuts as Tories criticise ‘rushed’ reforms - Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall ...
Welfare reforms will be ‘devastating’ for disabled, Shirley-Anne Somerville says
The Scottish Social Justice Secretary spoke out after the UK Government set out a series of reforms to the welfare system.
Readers clash over Labour’s benefit reforms – from ‘Right to Try’ scheme to making work pay
Critics fear they will unfairly harm disabled people, while supporters argue the system needs reform to reduce unnecessary ...
What are the key benefit changes in Labour’s welfare overhaul? From PIP to Universal Credit
Labour will also introduce a new benefit called ‘Unemployment Insurance’ through the reform of contributory working-age ...
Former Labour MSP quits party over welfare cuts
A Scottish Labour frontbencher has also criticised UK government plans to cut £5bn a year from social security spending.
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Labour warned it is 'undermining' its own welfare reforms with £5bn of benefits cuts
New claimants to the health-related element of universal credit benefit stand to be £40 per week worse off as a result, ...
Welfare reform: are more cuts the answer?
Most are agreed that the benefit cuts will be "big and consequential", said the BBC' s Henry Zeffman. The government will ...
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Welfare reform: If Govt was serious about cutting welfare bill “it would get serious about fixing health and social care”
Responding to the Government’s Green Paper on Welfare reforms, Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions spokesperson Steve Darling MP said: ...