'I feel sick at the prospect of welfare cuts'

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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 - 4d -
'Worrying' number of teens lose disability benefits
More than 124,000 young people have had claims for adult disability benefits refused, the BBC finds.BBC News - 5d -
Does cutting welfare benefits work?
The government is to set out details of how it will save billions of pounds from the working welfare bill.BBC News - 2d -
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 - 9h -
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 - 20h -
How to cut Britain’s rising welfare bill
Reforms rather than quick fixes will save more money in the long termFinancial Times - Mar. 9 -
Keir Starmer defends planned welfare cuts to anxious Labour MPs
Prime minister wants to reform disability benefit payments to help fund greater spending on defenceFinancial Times - 6d -
How FEMA cuts are spreading far beyond Washington
More than 200 employees at FEMA have been cut since Inauguration Day, and workers fear more downsizing is coming.NBC News - 6d -
I haven’t told my parents I have cancer, as I fear they will say something hurtful | Ask Annalisa Barbieri
The diagnosis may have brought up feelings of anger and unfairness about the care you didn’t receive as a child. Could your brother offer you solace and support?. • Every week Annalisa Barbieri ...The Guardian - 2d
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PM faces pressure over benefits system shake-up
Sir Keir Starmer has faced concerns from Labour backbenchers who have expressed anger at proposals.BBC News - 4h -
Faisal Islam: Labour's plan for the broken welfare system throws up a bigger dilemma
The debate has sparked a wider dilemma about the broader purpose of welfareBBC News - 1h -
'I had one child and I lost him' - North Macedonia mourns nightclub disaster
Fifty-nine people have been killed following a fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia.BBC News - 4h -
Poorest children missing more school and further behind after Covid
Those from the lowest income families are now up to 19 months behind peers by the age of 16.BBC News - 7h -
Shut vile death video site, families say, as Ofcom gets new powers
Families want a website showing deaths of their loved ones to be taken down, as the online regulator gets new powers.BBC News - 7h
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