The extra expense is expected to be in the range of £2.5 billion could mean "tax rises in this autumn's budget are inevitable ...

LABOUR will not scrap the two-child benefit cap despite pressure from left wing MPs, according to Downing Street sources.

Thirty-nine Labour MPs have signed a fresh amendment calling for welfare cuts to be stopped when the proposals are put to a ...

The Chief Whip, Sir Alan Campbell, in charge of winning the vote for the prime minister, has issued a plea for unity - ...

This week the Government has quietly published an amendment to reverse vital protections for millions of farmed animals.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer are expected to announce details during a state visit this week. But ...

Inverclyde MP Martin McCluskey has explained the reasoning behind his decision to back the UK Government's benefits bill.

The DWP has watered down its benefits bill to get it past its first reading following a Labour Party MP rebellion.

Chief political commentator John Rentoul answers your questions on Labour’s deepening welfare crisis, the rise of a ...

The Labour MP leading the effort to defeat the government's welfare bill has described her party's cuts as "Dickensian" and "from another era". Rachael Maskell urged her colleagues to vote against ...

A fresh backlash against Labour's new welfare reforms has urged ministers to find cash by taxing wealthy corporations instead ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made a dramatic U-turn on planned disability and sickness benefit cuts delaying key ...