As Lords debates DLA reforms, charities call for pause to welfare reform bill
Ahead of today’s Lords debate on DLA reforms, the Papworth Trust is leading a coalition of charities in calling for a pause to the welfare reform bill.
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Welfare reform bill in tatters after Lords defeats
Key parts of the welfare reform bill were defeated in the House of Lords last night, reports Shamik Das.
Why did DWP delay releasing new data until after welfare reform bill cleared Commons?
Why was new research from the Department for Work and Pensions, which downgraded estimates for the growth in Disability Living Allowance, a major reason given for welfare reform, delayed until after the welfare bill passed the Commons?
Full list of Private Members’ Bills presented to parliament
A Bill to legalise assisted dying is top of the list
The state needs reconstructing so it delivers on welfare for people, not corporations
‘There is no guaranteed income for citizens but the state guarantees corporate profits.’
‘The sums don’t add up’: IFS rubbishes the maths behind Reform UK’s ‘problematic’ pledges
Tax cut costings are out by ‘tens of billions of pounds per year’
The government’s latest welfare changes are a full-scale assault on disabled people
‘Disabled people are not the problem’
Labour MPs denounce the Nationality and Borders Bill as anti-refugee and propose reforms to welcome refugees to the UK
The statement demonstrates in clear language, for the first time, that members of the Parliamentary Labour Party not only oppose the Bill, but reject its anti-refugee sentiment
Prof Prem Sikka: Reform company law to protect workers’ pensions
The Arcadia collapse is just the latest example of why we must change the law to protect pension rights.
Greens promise to put forward ten bills in next parliament
The party urged voters to “accept no imitations” and vote Green.