‘The government needs to think about people’: A PIP recipient reacts to Labour’s plans to cut disability benefits
“When it comes to applying cuts and changes, the government needs to really look at the lives of people with learning disabilities”
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Will the right unite – and how will the left respond?
If the right unites, especially if Dominic Cummings, the inveterate plotter and ‘strategic genius’ (Barnard Castle rather undermined the genius label) gets into bed with Farage, the left could be in trouble. How Labour responds will be crucial.
Government considers new rules to stop Elon Musk from making ‘unlimited’ political donations
70% of voters believe foreign nationals who can’t vote in the UK should not be allowed to make political donations
Government questioned on plans to reform ‘flawed’ First Past the Post voting system
MPs highlighted that Labour policy acknowledges flaws in the current voting system that are “contributing to distrust and alienation in politics”
Labour’s disability benefit reforms slammed as ‘devastating’ and ‘shameful’
The Work and Pensions Secretary confirmed the reforms will cut £5 billion a year from the welfare bill by 2030
Spain’s socialist deputy PM urges Labour to press ahead with workers’ rights reforms
‘If you fall into the dialogue of the far-right, the far-right wins.’
UK governments are failing to curb corporate tax abuses and leaving people to pay the price
Governments remain obsessed with austerity and choose not to inconvenience the rich or curb tax abuses by corporations.
Reactions to Keir Starmer’s decision to scrap NHS England
Unions are unhappy about potential job losses while others are worried it could lead to further privatisation of the health service
‘Money for war, but for not the poor’: ex-Labour candidate hits out against welfare cuts
Faiza Shaheen said she was “upset and shocked” by how a Labour government is treating people on benefits as if they’re cheating.
Labour’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill: a bold step to get Britain building
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill takes decisive action to streamline planning, cut delays, and create a more pro-growth environment