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UK Governments Have Been Harming Vulnerable For Many Years. BENEFITS NEWS Is Very Angry About That And Will Keep Exposing Those That Ignorantly Continue Backing Policies And Processes That Harm! It Is Not Good Enough! It Never Ends! Poorly Lives Matter!
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Cuts to welfare will be the biggest test of that. Ministers are drawing up plans to introduce a bill to parliament next week containing Labour’s controversial cuts to disability benefits, in time for a showdown vote — the “second reading” — in the week of June 30 or later.
June 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Cuts to welfare will be the biggest test of that. Ministers are drawing up plans to introduce a bill to parliament next week containing Labour’s controversial cuts to disability benefits, in time for a showdown vote — the “second reading” — in the week of June 30 or later.
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One person with knowledge of the plans said the bill was likely to be tightly focused on the cuts, while other welfare reforms will come only later in the year.
June 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
One person with knowledge of the plans said the bill was likely to be tightly focused on the cuts, while other welfare reforms will come only later in the year.
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This will concentrate Labour MPs’ anger, but could also allow the government to classify it as a “money bill” — meaning it would be made law within a month of being sent to the House of Lords even if peers still object.
June 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This will concentrate Labour MPs’ anger, but could also allow the government to classify it as a “money bill” — meaning it would be made law within a month of being sent to the House of Lords even if peers still object.
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Officials have also held talks about putting the bill through a “committee of the whole house,” preventing lengthy evidence sessions that could question experts and campaigners. The person with knowledge of the plans argued: “You rip the plaster off, otherwise it just drags out for longer.”
June 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Officials have also held talks about putting the bill through a “committee of the whole house,” preventing lengthy evidence sessions that could question experts and campaigners. The person with knowledge of the plans argued: “You rip the plaster off, otherwise it just drags out for longer.”
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But one Labour official said: “The welfare vote will blow it all up again. I think at least one minister will resign.”
June 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
But one Labour official said: “The welfare vote will blow it all up again. I think at least one minister will resign.”
But one Labour official said: “The welfare vote will blow it all up again. I think at least one minister will resign.”
June 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
But one Labour official said: “The welfare vote will blow it all up again. I think at least one minister will resign.”
Officials have also held talks about putting the bill through a “committee of the whole house,” preventing lengthy evidence sessions that could question experts and campaigners. The person with knowledge of the plans argued: “You rip the plaster off, otherwise it just drags out for longer.”
June 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Officials have also held talks about putting the bill through a “committee of the whole house,” preventing lengthy evidence sessions that could question experts and campaigners. The person with knowledge of the plans argued: “You rip the plaster off, otherwise it just drags out for longer.”
This will concentrate Labour MPs’ anger, but could also allow the government to classify it as a “money bill” — meaning it would be made law within a month of being sent to the House of Lords even if peers still object.
June 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This will concentrate Labour MPs’ anger, but could also allow the government to classify it as a “money bill” — meaning it would be made law within a month of being sent to the House of Lords even if peers still object.
One person with knowledge of the plans said the bill was likely to be tightly focused on the cuts, while other welfare reforms will come only later in the year.
June 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
One person with knowledge of the plans said the bill was likely to be tightly focused on the cuts, while other welfare reforms will come only later in the year.
Cuts to welfare will be the biggest test of that. Ministers are drawing up plans to introduce a bill to parliament next week containing Labour’s controversial cuts to disability benefits, in time for a showdown vote — the “second reading” — in the week of June 30 or later.
June 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Cuts to welfare will be the biggest test of that. Ministers are drawing up plans to introduce a bill to parliament next week containing Labour’s controversial cuts to disability benefits, in time for a showdown vote — the “second reading” — in the week of June 30 or later.
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Debbie - can this be stopped? This is a dirty low by blue labour. www.politico.eu/article/miss...
June 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Debbie - can this be stopped? This is a dirty low by blue labour. www.politico.eu/article/miss...
Debbie - can this be stopped? This is a dirty low by blue labour. www.politico.eu/article/miss...
June 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Debbie - can this be stopped? This is a dirty low by blue labour. www.politico.eu/article/miss...
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Just a heads up - I am not on here much so don't wait for answers - just leaving it with you. gcnchambers.co.uk/legal-challe...
Legal challenges or a Labour rebellion? Tom Royston dissects Government’s proposed cuts to disability benefits - Garden Court North Chambers
Tom Royston says there is no clear or obvious route to legally challenge the Government’s proposed £4.8bn in disability benefits cuts.
gcnchambers.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just a heads up - I am not on here much so don't wait for answers - just leaving it with you. gcnchambers.co.uk/legal-challe...
January news - inews.co.uk/news/disabil...
Disability benefit cuts plan ruled unlawful as DWP loses court case
Campaigners ‘overjoyed’ as High Court says Government failed to highlight ‘substantial’ loss of benefit payments. But Labour recommits to bringing in reforms
inews.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
January news - inews.co.uk/news/disabil...
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It's worse than that, because as I note in this piece - yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco... - when people are threatened with destitution, their families and communities, who may well be struggling themselves, often pick up the bill.
Labour welfare cuts: bad for people, the party and the public purse
Labour’s planned cuts to disability benefits have been rightly condemned for targeting the vulnerable, but they’re also economic nonsense
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It's worse than that, because as I note in this piece - yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco... - when people are threatened with destitution, their families and communities, who may well be struggling themselves, often pick up the bill.
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In summary: The 250k net poverty rise in impact assessment is extra to an assumed 150k rise that previous Conservative plans would have created - even they never happened. But DWP has assumed that increase was already on the books and added to it. Real poverty impact is 400k. 7/7
March 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
In summary: The 250k net poverty rise in impact assessment is extra to an assumed 150k rise that previous Conservative plans would have created - even they never happened. But DWP has assumed that increase was already on the books and added to it. Real poverty impact is 400k. 7/7