UK ministers to drop plan to freeze key disability benefit

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

Is The Government Backing Down Over Benefits?

Plans to freeze some disability benefits could be abandoned.

BBC News - 2d

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

At-a-glance: The key changes to the benefits system

How Personal Independence Payments (Pip) and other health-related benefits could change under government plans.

BBC News - 3h

'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 - 6d

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 - 2d

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 - 5h

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 - 2h

FCA drops plan to ‘name and shame’ more UK companies under investigation

Financial regulator says it will scrap new public interest test after backlash from the City and government officials

Financial Times - 6d

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

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

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

BBC News - 1h

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 - 1d

New UK planning rules aim to halve approval time for major projects

‘Radical evolution’ is needed to streamline system, housing minister Matthew Pennycook says

Financial Times - Mar. 9

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

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 - 4d

Under-22s to be excluded from incapacity benefits

The move comes as part of an overhaul of the welfare system as the UK's benefits bill rises.

BBC News - 1h

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 - 2h

'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 - 2h

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

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 - 4d

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

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

Financial Times - 4h

Watch: Key moments in Mark Carney's road to becoming prime minister

Mark Carney has won the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as Canada's prime minister and Liberal Party leader.

BBC News - Mar. 10

Don’t do anything about your 401(k) until Tuesday

This key report should drop then.

MarketWatch - 1d

Ukraine ceasefire plans moving to operational phase, Starmer says

UK prime minister accuses Putin of trying to delay peace and calls for ‘guns to fall silent’. Keir Starmer has called for the “guns to fall silent in Ukraine” and said military powers will meet ...

The Guardian - 3d

Arctic air brings freeze to UK as weather warning issued

Temperatures have plummeted. What's in store for the rest of the week?

BBC News - 6d

Countries can't be forced into Ukraine peace coalition - minister

The UK and France are leading efforts to set up a "coalition of the willing" to protect Ukraine.

BBC News - Mar. 9

Manchester United Pitches New Stadium as Key to Government Growth Plan

Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire co-owner of the soccer club, framed plans for the 100,000-seat venue as crucial to the British government’s plan to revive the northern English city.

The New York Times - 6d

Starmer's plan for benefits throws up a bigger dilemma

The debate has sparked a wider dilemma about the broader purpose of welfare

BBC News - 1d

The Papers: Ukraine's 'high-stakes talks' and 'nonsense planning delays' shake-up

This week's planned talks between Kyiv and Washington lead some papers, with others reporting on UK planning reforms.

BBC News - Mar. 10

Kleptocrats to benefit from Trump DoJ’s anti-corruption pause, experts warn

Former prosecutors criticize Pam Bondi’s decision to halt enforcement of bribery laws as short-sighted and dangerous. A radical makeover at the US department of justice has seen key drives to fight ...

The Guardian - Mar. 10

European leaders back 'realistic' Arab plan for Gaza

The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy and Britain welcomed the plan, which calls for Gaza to be rebuilt over five years.

BBC News - Mar. 8

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 - 2h

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

UK minister in ‘active discussions’ with pension funds to invest more in private markets

Torsten Bell says government is ‘encouraging, not instigating’ investment in wider range of assets

Financial Times - Mar. 11

UK financial regulators in retreat as prime minister piles on pressure

City cheers Sir Keir Starmer’s crackdown on red tape but there are questions over how much it can boost growth

Financial Times - 6d

UK trade minister seeks to fend off threat of US tariffs

Britain’s digital services tax set to remain point of dispute at Washington meeting

Financial Times - 19h

1mn fewer people to secure health benefits under UK welfare reform

Government measures require a Commons vote that could provoke a rebellion by Labour MPs

Financial Times - 1d

The welfare dilemma: how to help 3.5mn people trapped on health-linked benefits?

As costs spiral, ministers search for ways to get people with medical problems into work

Financial Times - 1d

UK ministers to drop plan to freeze key disability benefit

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