When the children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza reported to government this week that large numbers of children are ...

MPs have voted in favour of Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial welfare reforms but 47 Labour MPs rebelled against the ...

Although MPs comfortably passed the government’s Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments Bill by 336 votes to 242 ...

Labour’s divisive welfare plans have passed a final vote in parliament, paving the way for changes to Universal Credit that will affect all 7.5 million claimants. At such a critical moment in US ...

Labour's welfare reforms have been voted through by a majority in the House of Commons after concessions were made to placate ...

The Chief Whip, Sir Alan Campbell, in charge of winning the vote for the prime minister, has issued a plea for unity - ...

This week the Government has quietly published an amendment to reverse vital protections for millions of farmed animals.

The extra expense is expected to be in the range of £2.5 billion could mean "tax rises in this autumn's budget are inevitable ...

Thirty-nine Labour MPs have signed a fresh amendment calling for welfare cuts to be stopped when the proposals are put to a ...

The Bill would halve and freeze the Universal Credit top-up for those whose health means they are unable to work ...

MPs voted in favour of the bill by 335 votes to 260, meaning it will progress to the next stage of parliamentary scrutiny.

Labour MPs support the Welfare Bill, with Keir Starmer's last-minute U-turn averting a Commons defeat and 49 MPs rebelling.