Labour to lift two-child benefit cap in November budget
It comes amid growing pressure from MPs, party members and child poverty campaigners to lift the cap.
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5 key takeaways from Keir Starmer’s speech
Keir Starmer today delivered what was probably the best speech of his premiership, issuing a rallying cry for the country to unite against the likes of Nigel Farage
Labour brings back maintenance grants for students from disadvantaged backgrounds
The means-tested grants will be aimed at “those who need them most” and would be funded by a new international student levy, as outlined in a recent immigration white paper.
Andy Burnham denies leadership ambitions: ‘I’ve just launched a debate’
Burnham told those gathered that he was not motivated by personal ambition but rather the concerns of councillors and party members.
EXCLUSIVE: TUC boss says Reform UK are pushing policies of the National Front of the 1970s
Nowak said that the best way for the government to tackle the rise of Reform UK was by delivering change.
Andy Burnham warns against ‘underestimating the peril’ the Labour party is in
‘I am speaking out for the thousands of councillors who are at this conference who are worried about going to the doorsteps next May.’
Dawn Butler MP interview: ‘Labour must go further and faster in calling out racism of Reform UK’
‘I think It’s taken too long to kick back against the racism, if you take what President Trump said for instance we should’ve come out straight away..’
Bridget Phillipson tells Labour conference scrapping two-child benefit cap is ‘on the table’ and accepts evidence of harmful impact
Phillipson told a fringe meeting that child poverty is a ‘moral scar’
Billy Bragg mocks Nigel Farage’s hopes of being PM on BBC Question Time
‘To demonise, particularly the Muslims, this is the sort of thing why we worry about Reform.’
Keir Starmer says Donald Trump’s claim Sadiq Khan wants to bring in Sharia Law is ‘nonsense’
The Prime Minister has called Trump’s comments ‘nonsense’.