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The Latest Breaking News on Conservatives fear welfare reforms will not head off ‘tax rises’ this autumn

Conservatives fear welfare reforms will not head off ‘tax rises’ this autumn

Shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride warned that ‘tax rises are coming’ in this autumn’s budget, opposite Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.

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Angela Rayner says welfare cuts vote will go ahead as Labour rebellion grows

Deputy PM says vote will happen next week, despite more than 120 Labour MPs signing amendment to pause cuts

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What are the government’s welfare proposals that have split MPs?

Sir Keir Starmer faces the biggest rebellion of his career over the reforms

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The full list of Labour MPs rebelling against benefit changes

Reports suggest MPs have been threatened with losing the whip or even deselection if they rebel

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner defies 120 Labour MPs by refusing to pull showdown Commons vote on benefit cuts

Deputy PM makes pledge amid rumours the government was set to pull the proposed welfare reforms bill amid a major Labour rebellion

Evening Standard

Voices: Faced with a growing Labour rebellion against welfare cuts, Keir Starmer has one least-worst option left

COMMENT: The prime minister has belatedly been making the case for benefit reform and changes to PIP payments to calm his mutinous backbenchers – but, a year on from his historic election win, it risks becoming an issue of confidence in his leadership, says Andrew Grice

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Labour to press ahead with welfare vote amid major rebellion threat

KEIR Starmer and Angela Rayner have confirmed a vote on Labour's welfare bill will go ahead despite more than 100 of the party's MPs opposing…

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London Labour councillors defect to Greens as support for Starmer's party slumps in capital

Lewisham councillor says he left Labour because the party has ‘ramped up deportations and aped the far-right with anti-immigrant rhetoric’

Evening Standard

Why support for electoral reform is at a record high in the UK

A RECORD number of people are in favour of changing the electoral system at Westminster amid plummeting trust in governments.

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Corbyn-led party would eat into Labour vote in blow to Starmer, poll finds

A new party led by Jeremy Corbyn would pick up 10 per cent of votes in an election, a poll has said

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Starmer says welfare reform vote will go ahead despite mounting Labour revolt

Sir Keir Starmer faces the biggest parliamentary test of his authority when the legislation comes to the Commons next week.

Evening Standard

How Britain’s new political divide delivers voters to Reform and the Greens

The outcome of last year’s general election left an important question hanging in the air. Could the UK’s traditional system of two-party politics continue to survive?

The Conversation

Class no longer main dividing line in UK politics, survey shows

Age and education now bigger indicators, according to study, which also shows record support for electoral reform

The Guardian - UK

EU, taxes, and Labour 'out of step': What we learned in John Curtice's polling report

NEW polling has shown the Labour Government is “totally out of step with voters” on a range of issues including the EU, taxation, and welfare ...

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More Labour MPs signal rebellion against Government over welfare reforms

Labour MPs Alex Sobel and Danny Beales were the latest to back an amendment to the Government’s welfare cuts.

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