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Welfare

November 2024

  • A baby lying on a white pad in an incubator, with wires taped to one foot

    UK austerity policies ‘increased rate of premature and low birth weight babies’

    Exclusive: Researchers who studied babies in Scotland believe cuts to benefits and services are linked to rise

October 2024

  • A woman pours a man a cup of tea

    Housing, social care and universities: who lost out in the UK budget?

  • Rachel Reeves delivers the budget in the House of Commons

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Autumn budget: Rachel Reeves raises taxes by £40bn and increases spending on NHS and schools – as it happened

  • Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves seated at a table in No 10, with union jack flags on either side

    ‘The rich need to pay more’: Britons’ hopes and fears for the budget

  • Rachel Reeves walking in Westminster

    Rachel Reeves has promised not to raise taxes, so how can she fill budget coffers?

  • As she delivers her budget, Rachel Reeves must not forget Labour’s historic mission

    John McDonnell

  • Job coaches won’t get mental health patients back to work

  • Rachel Reeves urged to introduce ‘child lock’ on benefits to reduce poverty

  • Ministers urged to increase basic rate of UK statutory sick pay

  • Labour to bring in ‘own reforms’ to benefits system to save £3bn

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Use of ‘culture wars’ phrase ‘a dog whistle to attack the right’ Badenoch tells GB News Tory leadership special – as it happened

  • Budget 2024: what taxes could Rachel Reeves raise?

  • Surprise fall in UK inflation badly timed for benefit recipients

  • How many people in the UK are in ‘hunger and hardship’?

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Lammy defends Chagos Islands deal as Tories claim it puts UK security at risk – as it happened

  • At least 10,000 children have fallen into poverty under Labour, analysis finds

  • Monitoring UK bank accounts for benefits fraud would be ‘huge blow to privacy’

September 2024

  • James Cleverly does push ups at the Conservative party conference.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Cleverly says it was a mistake for Sunak to say he would ‘stop the boats’ because that was ‘unachievable target’ – as it happened

    Former home secretary says the phrase ‘stop the boats’ was ‘an error’ and it was too complicated a problem to distil into a soundbite
  • A gas fire with artificial coals and stainless steel surround in a house

    Half of Britons plan to ration energy use this winter as 10% bill rise looms

    Survey shows 46% of people will use less energy than needed after price cap rise fuels average £149 bill increase
  • Kemi Badenoch

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Kemi Badenoch faces backlash after comments on ‘excessive’ maternity pay – as it happened

    Conservative leadership contenders Jenrick, Cleverly and Tugendhat reject rival’s comments, while Rosie Duffield criticises Keir Starmer
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