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The bill eventually passed after a series of last-minute climbdowns that stripped back much of the controversial reform package to avoid rebellion.
Find out how your MP voted on the Welfare Bill
Labour MP Chris Hinchliff explains why he doesn’t support the disability benefit cuts
“We are being targeted for speaking up. We are not the first. We will not be the last.”
Opposition is almost universal across the political spectrum
“We don’t want our music killing people”
Caroline Lucas, George Monbiot and Alice Oseman are among the signatories
There are many barriers to building the new homes we so urgently need, but puddles are perhaps the most surprising
The very founding document of liberal free speech principles makes the argument that free speech is context-dependent, not absolute
The Times reports: “In one exchange, he asked if they could help him “get the wording right”, which he could then “convert into parliamentary language”.
