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

The United Kingdom’s Labour Party cut welfare spending to boost the economy and save costs. The reforms, unveiled on Tuesday ...

The proof that sacred cows really are being sacrificed is the anger (ideally impotent anger) of those who cherish them most – ...

Labour talked about welfare reform in their manifesto, but never signalled cuts of a scale that even the Tories couldn't ...

It’s been four months since we at Full Fact launched our Government Tracker – a major ongoing project tracking the Government ...

McDonnell’s appeal for a “threshold of suffering” epitomises the collapse of any serious challenge by the Corbynite “left” to ...

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

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.

Starmer’s hopes of curbing a party rebellion over a policy seen as latest shift to the right will be put to the test ...

Anas Sarwar has denied that Labour’s decision to slash £5 billion a year from the welfare budget amounts to cuts. The ...

MILLIONS on benefits can still purchase top-of-the-range BMWs and Ford Mustangs worth £50,000, despite Labour’s latest ...