With his thumping majority of 158, Starmer has been able to weather the undercurrent of unrest that has simmered since he became Prime Minister in July, when seven Labour MPs were suspended for ...

The huge changes to the welfare system, due to be announced next week, will see only the most severely disabled people qualify for support amid an overhaul of eligibility criteria.

The huge changes to the welfare system, due to be announced next week, will see only the most severely disabled people ...

This is an audio transcript of the Political Fix podcast episode: ‘Starmer’s ‘Project Chainsaw’: the NHS, Whitehall, welfare ’ Lucy Fisher Hello and welcome to Political Fix from the Financial Times ...

In a package of reforms next week, the Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is expected to tighten up eligibility for the ...

Louise Murphy, senior economist at the Resolution Foundation think-tank, urged ministers to “proceed cautiously rather than ...

Every Labour MP has been sent a letter by the Green Party urging them to rebel against plans to slash around £6billion from ...

Liz Kendall, work and pensions secretary, is next week expected to announce savings of £5bn a year. Sound the alarms, writes John Rentoul ...

Luke Charters, the MP for York Outer, is one of the 36 Labour MPs behind the "Get Britain Working Group" - which has written to ...

Sir Keir Starmer has defended billions of pounds of looming benefits cuts despite a growing backlash from his own MPs.

The Work and Pensions Secretary has said the government is determined to fix the broken benefits system ahead of announcing radical welfare reforms next week.