Welfare reform bill: Full text of reasoned amendment and list of rebel Labour MPs
More than 120 Labour MPs have signed a “reasoned amendment” seeking to thwart the government’s controversial welfare reform…
Welfare Reform
Welfare reform bill: MPs on why they back the amendment – or back Kendall
Keir Starmer faces one of the biggest rebellions his administration has seen yet, with rebel numbers into three…
Government whip Vicky Foxcroft resigns over benefit reforms
Government whip Vicky Foxcroft has resigned from her role after admitting she cannot support the proposed reforms to…
Labour MPs slam disabled benefit cuts as ‘impossible to support’: Letter and list of rebels in full
Dozens of Labour MPs have said that the government’s plans to cut disability benefit are “impossible to support”…
‘Frank’s poverty mission lives on at his charity – but he’d scrap two-child cap’
Frank Field has long been a hero of mine, and he will remain so for the rest of…
‘Sunak’s claim of a ‘sick note culture’ is immoral and deeply flawed’
The Prime Minister’s speech on welfare reform last Friday was not only high on rhetoric and low on…
‘How Labour can trump the Tories on welfare – and how Starmer will govern’
One little-noticed feature of Labour’s most recent reshuffle was the beefing up of shadow minister Alison McGovern’s duties,…
Transformative policy-making means listening to the ‘average’ person
Jeremy Corbyn has announced Labour’s plan to scrap the ill-fated Universal Credit. For people who have had the…
What should welfare reform look like?
Out leafleting in Newcastle one afternoon a young woman demanded to know why the council were being so…
Labour fallout from the welfare vote revolt: what does it all mean?
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