Minister Refuses to Rule Out Further Benefit Cuts Amid Backlash over Cuts to Disability Payments Uk Politics Live

Liz Kendall unveils UK benefits cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off

Welfare secretary announces changes aimed at cutting bill by up to £5bn in face of opposition from Labour MPs. UK politics live – latest updates Liz Kendall, the welfare secretary, has faced ...

The Guardian - 1d

Starmer defends ‘moral’ benefits cuts plan after Diane Abbott says most vulnerable are being used to balance books – UK politics live

Veteran Labour MP says ‘there is nothing moral’ about government plan to cut benefits. Last night, to back up its analysis of the disability cuts, the Institute for Fiscal Studies published two ...

The Guardian - 21m

UK ministers to drop plan to freeze key disability benefit

Decision on personal independence payments comes ahead of government paper setting out wider reforms on Tuesday

Financial Times - 3d

Benefits crackdown unveiled with aim to save £5bn a year by 2030

Measures include restricting eligibility for disability payments and cutting benefits for health conditions.

BBC News - 20h

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 - 6d

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

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 - 2d

Tensions grow over UK government plan to cut welfare payments

Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall prepares to slash spending on health-related benefits

Financial Times - 2d

'If I lose my benefit payments I'll struggle to get to work'

People on long-term sickness and disability benefits tell the BBC they fear how cuts will affect them.

BBC News - 18h

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.

The New York Times - 22h

Up to 1.2m people could lose between £4,200 and £6,300 per year from changes to Pip, Resolution Foundation says -UK politics live

Work and pensions secretary says Benefits crackdown will save £5bn by 2030 but disability charities say cuts are ‘immoral’. Q: Why have you changed your mind on this? . Badenoch says she has not ...

The Guardian - 21h

‘I hate to predict things’: Trump doesn’t rule out US recession amid trade tariffs

US president downplays recent stock market volatility that followed his ducking and weaving over tariff policy. US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump on Sunday refused to rule out the ...

The Guardian - Mar. 9

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

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

Move risks stoking biggest backbench rebellion of Keir Starmer’s premiership

Financial Times - 1d

Starmer suffers cabinet uprising over UK spending cuts

Opposition grows to plans in areas such as welfare but prime minister insists he will not bend rules to allow more borrowing

Financial Times - 5d

David Lammy says G7 considering further moves to pressure Russia into agreeing Ukraine ceasefire – UK politics live

‘We have more cards we can play,’ foreign secretary tells MPs as he says G7 foreign ministers found ‘common ground’ when meeting last week. The Reform UK press conference is about to start. There ...

The Guardian - 1d

'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 - Mar. 12

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 - 3d

How the UK’s welfare cuts will change claimants’ lives

Radical changes that will cut income for 1mn people may not get many more into work, say analysts

Financial Times - 21h

Is The Government Backing Down Over Benefits?

Plans to freeze some disability benefits could be abandoned.

BBC News - 3d

Chuck Schumer postpones book tour stops amid shutdown vote backlash

Senate majority leader cites security concerns as fury grows over New Yorker’s support for Republican funding bill. US politics live – latest updates The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer ...

The Guardian - 1d

Does cutting benefits actually work?

The government has set out plans to save billions of pounds from the welfare bill - how have previous attempts to do this fared?

BBC News - 22h

Veterans cuts spark GOP backlash on Capitol Hill

"We don't need to be reading memos in the paper about 20 percent cut at the VA," Sen. Lindsey Graham said.

Politico - Mar. 6

Watch live: White House holds briefing as fears over economy, trade war mount

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a press briefing Tuesday afternoon as President Trump's tariffs and dips in the stock market have raised concerns over the economy. Trump on ...

The Hill - Mar. 11

Some PIP recipients may lose out under welfare cuts

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will set out reforms to the benefits system on Tuesday afternoon.

BBC News - 1d

Starmer says benefit system unfair and indefensible

Some Labour MPs urge ministers to tackle the "crisis of economic inactivity", while others oppose cuts.

BBC News - Mar. 11

Schumer postpones book tour amid backlash over funding vote

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) has postponed his book tour scheduled this week in Baltimore, New York, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia amid an intense backlash from fellow ...

The Hill - 2d

Americans confront GOP lawmakers over federal job cuts and economy at town halls

Republicans in Congress are facing backlash at town hall events as voters voice concerns over deep federal job cuts and the state of the economy under President Trump and Elon Musk's policies. Some ...

CBS News - 5d

Rayner and Cooper criticised cuts in ‘tense’ UK cabinet meeting

‘Large minority’ of ministers protested about planned spending reductions in their own departments

Financial Times - 5d

Musk and Rubio spar with Polish minister over Starlink in Ukraine

The three went back and forth in an exchange of posts on X over Starlink being cut off in Ukraine.

BBC News - Mar. 9

Ministers explore cuts to BBC World Service as part of aid budget cull

Director-general Tim Davie preparing for ‘engagement’ with Foreign Office over impact

Financial Times - 4d

What went wrong with the UK’s welfare system?

Factors behind sharp rise in incapacity and disability benefits are complex and at times counterintuitive

Financial Times - 3d

Ukraine war live: Putin response to peace plan ‘not good enough’, says UK, as international militaries prepare to meet in London

Representatives from numerous international militaries will meet in London on Thursday, says UK prime minister. Few resonant phrases are repeated in politics without a deliberate reason, and Keir ...

The Guardian - 3d

Minister Refuses to Rule Out Further Benefit Cuts Amid Backlash over Cuts to Disability Payments Uk Politics Live

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