A Scottish Labour frontbencher has also criticised UK government plans to cut £5bn a year from social security spending.

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall tells the BBC's Chris Mason that there is a "Labour case" for welfare reform. More on ...

While Labour talked about welfare reform in its manifesto, it never signalled it would make these sorts of cuts. But the ...

While £5bn of savings may sound like a lot, it is actually small-fry in comparison to the overall welfare system which is ...

Sir Keir Starmer has been directly challenged by Labour veteran Diane Abbott over the Government’s cuts to welfare, with the ...

Britain’s Labour Party government has announced an overhaul of the welfare system it says will save the cash-strapped ...

Changing disability allowances is a particularly contentious move within Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s center-left Labour Party.

Over the past few weeks, it’s been hard to avoid reports of the government preparing the ground for a string of changes to ...

A slate of reforms were announced by Liz Kendall on Tuesday, as expected focusing on health and disability-related benefits.

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Labour will also introduce a new benefit called ‘Unemployment Insurance’ through the reform of contributory working-age benefits. It will replace Jobseeker’s Allowance and ESA (both of which were ...

Charities condemn the welfare cuts as “immoral and devastating,” warning they will push vulnerable individuals into deeper ...