Spring Statement 2025: Labour MP warns of ‘mother of all rebellions’ Politics A Labour MP have warned that Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves could face the “mother of all rebellions” over welfare policy.
Don’t ask business to ‘shoulder more burden’, CBI chief urges Politics The government should not “ask businesses to shoulder any more of a burden”, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) chief has warned in the wake of the welfare cuts. Work and pensions secretary Lilz Kendall announced on Tuesday a raft of welfare measures she said will help bring more working age people back into jobs. [...]
Labour is targeting the disabled not because it’s hard, but because it’s easy Opinion Labour's cut to disability benefits is not the mark of a government making "tough decisions", but desperate ones, writes Will Cooling.