The United Kingdom’s Labour Party cut welfare spending to boost the economy and save costs. The reforms, unveiled on Tuesday ...

A Scottish Labour frontbencher has also criticised UK government plans to cut £5bn a year from social security spending.

Labour talked about welfare reform in their manifesto, but never signalled cuts of a scale that even the Tories couldn't ...

The proof that sacred cows really are being sacrificed is the anger (ideally impotent anger) of those who cherish them most – ...

"Labour was elected on a promise of change. But these proposals suggest that, for many of the most vulnerable, little has ...

Kent county councillor Karen Constantine has resigned from the Labour Party after more than 40 years in disgust over welfare reforms. Cllr Constantine, who represents Ramsgate and is standing down at ...

McDonnell’s appeal for a “threshold of suffering” epitomises the collapse of any serious challenge by the Corbynite “left” to ...

It’s been four months since we at Full Fact launched our Government Tracker – a major ongoing project tracking the Government ...

Anas Sarwar has denied that Labour’s decision to slash £5 billion a year from the welfare budget amounts to cuts. The ...

While £5bn of savings may sound like a lot, it is actually small-fry in comparison to the overall welfare system which is ...

Starmer’s hopes of curbing a party rebellion over a policy seen as latest shift to the right will be put to the test ...

MILLIONS on benefits can still purchase top-of-the-range BMWs and Ford Mustangs worth £50,000, despite Labour’s latest ...