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Renters who secured record £263k payout from ‘rogue landlord’ raise fears he will not pay up

‘Clearly there’s one set of rules for ordinary people – we fear what will happen if we’re even a month late on rent or mortgage payments – and another for billionaires,’ says tenant

The Independent UK

Spring statement: Welfare cuts could cost lives, warn health experts

Benefit reforms will ‘result in more premature deaths’, Government is told

The Independent UK

Charities and health experts warn welfare cuts could cost lives

The Government will release an impact assessment indicating how many people will be hit by its benefits reforms.

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Charities report rise in calls for help since welfare cuts announcement

Mind, Scope and Citizens Advice urged a rethink, as did a group of public health experts.

Evening Standard

Shocking figures reveal UK spends double the defence budget on working age benefits

Analysis by The Independent has revealed the scale of Britain’s welfare bill to the taxpayer

The Independent UK

Scores of Labour MPs raise concerns over welfare changes

Significant doubts aired at Westminster meeting with Liz Kendall attended by about 100 MPs

The Guardian - UK

Starmer told there is ‘nothing moral’ about his £5bn welfare cuts

Veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott challenged Sir Keir Starmer over the reforms at Prime Minister’s Questions.

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Diane Abbott tells Keir Starmer there is 'nothing moral' about Labour's welfare cuts

KEIR Starmer has been urged to stop referring to his plans to slash the benefits budget by billions as being “moral”.

The National (Scotland)

Diane Abbott rejects Starmer’s proposal to cut disability benefits: ‘It’s not a Labour thing to do’

Diane Abbott has strongly condemned the government's plans to cut benefits, arguing that reducing financial support is not the answer to helping people move off welfare.

The Independent UK

David Lammy says G7 considering further moves to pressure Russia into agreeing Ukraine ceasefire – as it happened

‘We have more cards we can play,’ foreign secretary tells MPs as he says G7 foreign ministers found ‘common ground’ when meeting last week

The Guardian - UK

Minister defends planned benefit cuts amid growing Labour backlash

Diane Abbott said planned welfare cuts are ‘not a Labour thing to do’ as backlash grows in the party over the move

The Independent UK

Cutting benefits is ‘not a Labour thing to do’, says Diane Abbott

Party’s longest-serving MP says she agrees with Ed Balls and Andy Burnham, who have criticised planned welfare cuts

The Guardian - UK

Starmer insists ‘there’s no return to austerity’ despite benefits and civil service cuts

The government has axed NHS England and is expected to unveil billions of pounds of cuts to benefit spending

The Independent UK

'Appalling': Diane Abbott excluded from Labour MPs' meeting with Keir Starmer

SENIOR Labour MP Diane Abbott was excluded from a meeting with Keir Starmer – with her treatment branded “appalling” by Westminster veterans.

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The Independent UK

Diane Abbott says Starmer’s ‘morally indefensible’ defence spend drive won’t make us safer

Europe is in a 'frenzy of warmongering' that has nothing to do with Ukraine, veteran Labour MP says

The Independent UK

Starmer to condemn Farage’s ‘dangerous right-wing politics’ as Reform UK surges in the polls

In a sign of growing fears in Downing Street at Reform’s surge in the polls, Keir Starmer will warn Nigel Farage’s policies are ‘alien’ to the needs of working people

Evening Standard

Diane Abbott calls on all members of 'racist and sexist' Labour WhatsApp group to quit

Diane Abbott urges all involved in offensive Labour WhatsApp group to step down as two MPs lose the whip

Evening Standard

What was said in the Labour WhatsApp group? Diane Abbott calls for MPs to quit

Diane Abbott has called for everyone involved in the racist WhatsApp group to “step down from whatever position they have in Labour”

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The Independent UK

Labour accused of trying to outdo Farage with migrant deportation videos

The government is publishing videos of raids of venues employing illegal workers as it prepares for the second reading of its Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

Evening Standard

Health minister Andrew Gwynne sacked over offensive WhatsApp messages

Gwynne hoped one 72-year-old female constituent would soon be dead, according to reports

The Guardian - UK

Peter Kenyon obituary

Other lives: Journalist and Labour party activist who helped to save Hackney reservoirs from development

The National (Scotland)

Shona Craven: ‘Don’t feed Elon Musk the troll’ is easier said than done

CHANCES are that by the time you read this, Elon Musk will have made headlines with yet another post on X ...

The Independent UK

Starmer ‘doesn’t have a feel for politics’ or the Labour Party, Diane Abbott says

The veteran left-winger has said the prime minister’s top team lacks the skills to run the UK

The Independent UK

Watch live: Starmer grilled by senior MPs after Waspi compensation backlash

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer is grilled by senior MPs on the liaison committee on Thursday, 19 December — the first time since he was elected in July.

The National (Scotland)

Up to 100 MPs could rebel against Labour over Waspi decision if vote held

UP to 100 Labour MPs could rebel against the UK Government’s decision to rule out giving compensation to Waspi women if a vote is held, it is…

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