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Labour plans to scrap two-child benefit cap 'dead in the water' after £5bn U-turn
Sir Keir Starmer is now almost certain to shelve plans to scrap the two-child benefit cap with no money left after Labour’s ...
Labour policies ‘obscured’ by rows over welfare and winter fuel – Lord Kinnock
The week of Sir Keir Starmer’s first anniversary in Number 10 saw the Prime Minister scrap a raft of the Government’s proposed welfare reforms.
Raise taxes or this government will fail, Rachel Reeves’s former top adviser warns
Rachel Reeves must U-turn on her manifesto pledge not to raise taxes for working people or Sir Keir Starmer’s government will ...
Keir Starmer must slap wealth tax on richest Brits, warns ex-Labour leader Neil Kinnock
Former leader Neil Kinnock said the Government appeared 'bogged down by their own imposed limitations' and said Keir Starmer ...
SNP urge UK Labour rethink over reports scrapping two child cap ‘dead'
The SNP has warned Keir Starmer not to “punish children” over “mistakes” he has made around welfare cuts amid growing reports that ...
Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, Bridget Phillipson admits
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap has been made harder by Sir Keir Starmer’s climbdown over last week’s welfare cuts, Bridget Phillipson has said. The education secretary said future spending ...