Labour to unveil plan to slash billions from benefit bill amid backbench backlash - Work and pension secretary Liz Kendall ...

The number of people in England and Wales claiming either sickness or disability benefit has soared from 2.8 million to about 4.0 million since 2019.

Keir Starmer will convene his Cabinet where they are expected to sign-off a package of reforms to sickness and disability ...

The Prime Minister tonight signed off proposals from Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall which are designed to curb the ...

There is a “moral and economic case” to overhaul Britain’s benefits system, Downing Street has said as Sir Keir Starmer faces ...

Keir Starmer's government is expected to announce a host of cuts to sickness and disability support in the coming days. The ...

What will the welfare cuts mean for the UK? ...The Standard podcast - Plus, a fully automated transcript of this episode ...

Social security minister Sir Stephen Timms told the Commons that he is ‘sad’ about the worries people have expressed.

Downing Street is involved in a last-minute scramble to get the Cabinet’s full backing for billions of pounds of cuts to ...

The Personal Independence Payment is a benefit that helps cover the extra costs of long-term health conditions.

Concerns amid Labour backbenchers and other MPs over possible benefit cut announcements this week were not directly put down ...

Major benefit reforms will drive more people to use foodbanks that are already stretched to their limits, campaigners have warned ...