Two-child cap: ‘Why Starmer punished MPs who voted to tackle child poverty’
There were plenty of reasons the leadership hasn't just kept the cap, but brutally punished rebels – and plenty of reasons 361 MPs toed the line.
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Two-child cap: Seven Labour MPs lose whip following backbench rebellion
Labour MPs have voted for an SNP amendment to scrap the two-child benefit cap in the first major backbench rebellion against Starmer's government.
MPs to vote on amendment to King’s Speech calling for two-child cap be axed
MPs will vote on an amendment to the King's Speech calling for the two-child benefit cap to be scrapped – setting up a potential rebellion on the Labour benches, with John McDonnell having already confirmed he plans to back the amendment in…
Two-child cap: Starmer says no ‘silver bullet’ despite ‘strong feeling’ in party
Keir Starmer has claimed there is no "silver bullet" to tackle child poverty as pressure mounts on the new Labour government to scrap the two-child benefit cap.
PM speech: Starmer slams ‘reliance’ on migration as Skills England launched
Keir Starmer is set to launch a new public body today with the aim of boosting Britain's skills training and cut "reliance" on overseas workers.
‘Bidenomics shows growth is not enough to halt populism: poor towns must feel it’
Last week’s King’s Speech kicked off this parliament with a crammed legislative agenda. Within the mammoth 40 bills were many preannounced polices from the election campaign, framed as part of Labour’s drive to deliver its central mission…
‘How a red tide swept Cornwall – and securonomics could sustain it’
Far west of Westminster, beyond the North-South divide, a distinctively local story of Labour’s landslide success can be found. It’s not quite the red wall; not quite the blue wall; but another ‘wall’ entirely: Cornwall.
Charities at roundtable say axe two-child cap as child poverty taskforce launched
Charities which attended a child poverty roundtable with ministers on Wednesday have called on the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap, after Keir Starmer announced a new taskforce following more pressure from MPs as the King's…
PLP elections: Morden becomes chair as Akehurst and Singh Josan return to NEC
Labour MPs have voted for Keir Starmer's former parliamentary private secretary Jessica Morden to be their "shop steward" as chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
‘Critics say support is ‘shallow’. But like the Three Lions, it is results that count’
Last Thursday’s general election was an election like no other. Labour won a whacking 412 seats, up 211 on their total from the 2019 election.