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Things appear to be going from bad to worse for this Labour Government. Following his "loveless landslide" in July, Sir Keir Starmer appears to be lurching from one disaster to the next. His chaotic ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP ... according to exchequer secretary to the Treasury, James Murray, reports the Mirror. Earlier this month, Liberal Democrat MP Freddie van Mierlo ...

With elections in the UK and US, a new government and a fresh opposition leader, watchers of Westminster and elsewhere have had a busy 2024.

Starmer accused of ‘breaking promise’ as he denies ‘misleading’ women over compensation - Starmer’s Labour was accused of ...

Double lock’ was used to uprate state benefits for older people due to market volatility caused by Covid-19, lockdown and furlough scheme.

Shortly afterwards, Labour MP Mark Ferguson wrote on X ... The triple lock guarantee returned as promised in 2022. Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride told the House of Commons that the ...

Keir Starmer is facing pressure to give MPs a vote on his Government's decision to rule out compensation for women affected by changes to the state pension age. During PMQs, Independent MP Ian ...

As a result, he said, state pensions will go up by £470 next year. It comes after Ms Badenoch's Shadow Chancellor, Mel Stride ... I have food brought in and I work and eat at the same time." ...

Millions of women affected by a decision to increase the state pension age will not ... t communicated quickly enough. However, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall rejected a recommendation ...

Labour has been accused of “betraying” millions of women who lost out over changes to the state pension, after refusing to pay a penny in compensation. Liz Kendall, secretary of state for work ...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said the figures are a “reminder that for too long the economy has not worked for working people”, while Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride blamed a ...