Sickness benefits to jump by £20 billion a YEAR as Keir Starmer shelves welfare reform following revolt by Left-wing Labour MPs ⊕
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Official forecasts reveal that the annual bill for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is predicted to jump from £25.9 billion when Labour came to office to £44.9 billion by the end of the decade.
Assisted dying backers accused of bullying over threat to bypass Lords ⊖⊖
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Opponents of bill insist government should not give it special treatment as peers delay its passage
Opponents of the assisted dying bill have accused its supporters of bullying after key backers said…
Andy Burnham says insiders at Westminster ‘don’t get licence to lie’ after byelection row ⊖
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Manchester mayor takes aim at House of Commons briefing culture and says he will continue to call out liars
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Westminster insiders “do not get a licence to lie”, said An…
Leaseholders deserve justice - but Labour's reforms could have unintended consequences says HELEN CRANE ⊖
The real problem is that leasehold has become a dirty word among home buyers. And who can blame them?
Labour deny Waspi women pension payouts amid fury at 'betrayal'... and it all seems very boring to Chancellor's yawning righthand man ⊖⊖
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Campaigners and Labour MPs voiced fury after Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden announced that a review had confirmed payouts are not required.
Labour could pay 'basic' salaries to workers whose jobs are wiped out by 'bumpy' introduction of AI, business minister says ⊖
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Lord Stockwood said people in Whitehall were 'talking about' massive help for those worst affected by the 'bumpy' introduction of AI amid fears that it will rock the foundations of society.
Labour frees nearly 50,000 criminals from jail early in first year of controversial 'soft justice' scheme ⊖
New figures from the Ministry of Justice showed 48,931 offenders were let out of prison onto the streets in the scheme's first 12 months.
Andy Burnham reveals Starmer refused to speak to him before by-election block as Greens 'weaponise Gaza' against Labour ⊖
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Andy Burnham said he would have 'preferred' to speak to the PM before he was refused permission to be Labour's candidate.
Labour blocking my MP bid was hard to take, says Burnham ○
The Greater Manchester mayor said he would be campaigning in support of Labour in Gorton and Denton.
ANDREW PIERCE: Starmer's mistake over Burnham could finish off his wretched premiership and lead to a win for Reform ⊖
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Yet another mistake by our Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer. But this time the error could finish off his wretched premiership for good. The Burnham debacle means Labour may lose that by-election.