Category: Welfare

Winter fuel crisis: one million elderly already skipping meals and applications system ‘overwhelmed’

The row over Labour’s cuts to pensioners’ energy payments is about to flare up again after damning new research The row over the government’s decision to slash winter fuel payments is set to be reignited after...

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PCS union says Starmer’s criticism of civil servants ‘inaccurate and cowardly’ – UK politics live

Public and Commercial Services union joins FDA in criticising PM for the comments in his speech on ThursdayHere is the ‘family photo’ from today’s British-Irish Council (BIC) summit in Edinburgh. The BIC was...

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Keir Starmer says migration figures show Tories were running ‘open borders experiment’ by design – UK politics live

Prime minister says figures show net migration going up four times under the Tories and claims it happened ‘by design’Here is a chart from the ONS report illustrating the latest figures.Here is the PA Media story on...

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Keir Starmer gives speech on migration after record figures for 2023 revealed – UK politics live

Prime minister holds press conference to announce plans as ONS announces net migration figuresHere is a chart from the ONS report illustrating the latest figures.Here is the PA Media story on the figures.Net migration to the UK...

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Russia imposes travel ban on cabinet ministers, calling it retaliation for ‘Russophobic’ policies – as it happened

Kremlin bans UK cabinet ministers including Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Yveette Cooper from entering countryThe Federation of Small Businesses applauds the ambition in the government’s Get Britain Working, but says...

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Russia imposes travel ban on cabinet ministers, calling it retaliation for ‘Russophobic’ policies – UK politics live

Kremlin bans UK cabinet ministers including Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Yveette Cooper from entering countryThe Federation of Small Businesses applauds the ambition in the government’s Get Britain Working, but says...

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