A Labour cabinet minister's speech was disrupted by Pro-Palestinian protesters calling for an end to F35 exports to Israel on Thursday, 27 M...

Ed Miliband is riding high in the Labour popularity stakes but friends of the Energy Secretary fear there is a campaign within Government to...

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Chancellor faces speculation she will be forced to find more money to balance the books

A Labour minister has apologised for comparing disability benefit cuts to children’s pocket money.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves today announced further welfare cuts as she confirmed changes for personal independence payment (Pip) and Universal...

If you listen to her critics, Rachel Reeves is obviously some kind of demon. She delights in robbing disabled people of their dignity. She’s...

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch took aim after Labour blocked a proposal to bar the use of smartphones in educational settings.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Labour colleagues sitting behind her in the House of Commons on Wednesday hoped these would be the worst of the c...

Labour chancellor set to squeeze Whitehall budgets by up to 7 per cent

Welfare recipients tell The Independent what losing their health-related benefits would mean to them

There are fears that business rates payments increasing could be the final straw for some

The work and pensions secretary announced a slate of changes – here’s what you need to know

A disabled pensioner has told The i Paper she feels “terror and fear” at the prospect being stripped of her benefits, after Labour announced...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander gave the Chancellor less than full-hearted backing after she admitted accepting gig tickets worth £600.