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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 defenceFinancial Times - Mar. 10 -
Starmer’s ‘Project Chainsaw’: the NHS, Whitehall, welfare
Plus: is Reform UK imploding?Financial Times - 4d -
1mn fewer people to secure health benefits under UK welfare reform
Government measures require a Commons vote that could provoke a rebellion by Labour MPsFinancial Times - 20h -
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 -
Government’s employment reforms clash with its welfare plans
Jobs market policies could threaten the part-time vacancies that ease people back into workFinancial Times - 6d -
Labour unveils disability benefits reforms that aim to save over £5bn
Move risks stoking biggest backbench rebellion of Sir Keir Starmer’s premiershipFinancial Times - 25m -
Starmer's plan for benefits throws up a bigger dilemma
The debate has sparked a wider dilemma about the broader purpose of welfareBBC News - 1d -
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 - 38m -
It is mission critical that Labour repairs the contract between citizen and state | Andrew Rawnsley
Proving that government can be a force for good is essential if Sir Keir Starmer is to see off the populist right. Listening to Sir Keir Starmer’s recent lament that the “flabby” state is failing ...The Guardian - 2d
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What auto bosses worry will become the next front in the tariff war
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The city’s strategic position makes it increasingly vulnerable to escalating geopolitical tensions between the US and ChinaFinancial Times - 2h -
UK’s red tape cut should follow business world’s dotted lines
Companies undergoing efficiency drives know that such a mission calls for hard numbers and goalsFinancial Times - 2h -
Economists forecast slowing US growth and increased inflation
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Criminals use AI in ‘proxy’ attacks for hostile powers, warns Europol
EU police agency says organised crime rings use artificial intelligence to amplify their ‘speed, reach, and sophistication’Financial Times - 2h
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