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Labour campaign groups launch petition to reinstate suspended Labour MPs
‘The mainstream of the party will not sit quietly whilst No 10 turns on its own backbenchers for defending Labour values.’
Welfare cuts
Labour backbencher calls for compassionate welfare system not ‘draconian cuts’
York MP Rachael Maskell says colleagues and constituents have expressed “deep, deep concern” over Labour’s planned benefit cuts.
Government’s focus on statues diverts from Universal Credit cut backlash
Is pushing the protection of statues a plan by the Tories to distract from the Universal Credit cut fallout?
Universal Credit slammed again
IFS research finds that the government's flagship social security scheme will leave working families worse off
The government is about to try and change the way poverty is measured. Again!
Why change the measure if it is set to show falling poverty?
IFS says next Conservative government will continue hitting poorest hardest
New analysis also says that the pace of cuts will be faster this time