Labour unveils disability benefits cuts that aim to save over £5bn

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  Kendall unveils crackdown on benefits aimed at saving £5bn a year by 2030

  Measures including restricting eligibility for disability payments are expected to save £50bn by 2030.
  
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  Charities and MPs warn Starmer over benefits changes

  Sir Keir Starmer has faced concerns from Labour backbenchers who have expressed anger at proposals.
  
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  UK Aims to Cut Billions in Welfare Amid Budget Crunch

  Changing disability allowances is a particularly contentious move within Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s center-left Labour Party.
  
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• Keir Starmer defends planned welfare cuts to anxious Labour MPs

  Prime minister wants to reform disability benefit payments to help fund greater spending on defence
  
  Financial Times - Mar. 10
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  Could Starmer be in for a benefits rebellion as tribes clash in his own party?

  Labour may have ditched its factional in-fighting - but deep welfare cuts could reignite tensions.
  
  BBC News - 3d
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  Starmer to drive through welfare cuts that could affect UK’s most severely disabled

  PM faces backlash over plans to tighten eligibility, potentially leaving more than 600,000 claimants £675 a month worse off. Keir Starmer is to defy growing anger by driving through welfare cuts ...
  
  The Guardian - 1d
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  Disability benefit cuts test loyalty of Labour MPs

  Some are worried about the possibility of freezing payments for people with long-term conditions.
  
  BBC News - 5d
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  Plan to freeze key disability benefit may be dropped

  Many usually loyal Labour MPs had voiced strong opposition to the idea of not increasing PIP in line with inflation, as part of expected welfare cuts.
  
  BBC News - 2d
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  Benefits reform will ensure fairness, minister says, as opponents criticise expected cuts

  Proposals to change benefits rules to be unveiled on Tuesday have provoked unease among Labour MPs.
  
  BBC News - 1d

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