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Labour MP calls two-child benefit cap ‘heinous’ in latest call to scrap policy

Keir Starmer under pressure to scrap limit as more than dozen MPs thought to support king’s speech amendment

The Guardian - UK

Starmer will bin the two-child benefit cap and outdo New Labour on tackling poverty – I’ll bet on it

On the Aylesbury estate in London this week, I met residents who recall the impact Blair had. This government will go even further, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer aims to avoid backbench rebellion with child poverty taskforce

PM’s speech failed to specify measures to tackle issue, angering MPs calling to scrap the two-child benefit cap

The Guardian - UK

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The Government’s confirmed key policy positions at a glance

Labour has hit the ground running after a landslide General Election victory provided scope for major changes.

The Independent UK

Pressure ramps up on Labour to ditch ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap as 1.6 million children impacted

Some 592,000 children were affected by the policy in 2019, and the figure has increased by 100,000 in the past year

The Independent UK

Who is in the new Labour cabinet?

With many MPs who served Blair and Brown, Starmer’s team is one of the most experienced in recent times

The Guardian - UK

Martin Lewis rebukes Tories for using him in video ad targeting Labour tax plans

The Money Saving Expert founder criticised a post by the Tories on social media

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Top Labour candidate 'loses temper' with Martin Lewis in heated GMB exchange

A LABOUR MP candidate has clashed with TV host Martin Lewis while live on a popular breakfast show over the council tax system ...

The National (Scotland)

Labour must go 'much further' in tackling child poverty, Liz Kendall admits

The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary said Labour ‘cannot do everything overnight’ but has a ‘bold and ambitious’ plan to reduce child poverty

Evening Standard

Labour's Liz Kendall 'doesn't believe polls showing Tory wipeout'

Liz Kendall also dismissed Rishi Sunak’s claim that Labour is ‘entrenching’ its power by pledging to give 16-year-olds the vote

Evening Standard

Labour vows to investigate carer’s allowance scandal

Liz Kendall, shadow work and pensions secretary, tells pensioners in Essex repayment demands ‘unforgivable’

The Guardian - UK

Tories’ promises to raise tax threshold for pensioners a joke, Labour says

During a visit to Essex, shadow pensions secretary Liz Kendall claimed the Conservatives have worsened the quality of retirement.

The Independent UK

Labour party manifesto: What will be Keir Starmer’s key policies for the general election?

A guide to all the manifesto promises we could expect to see from Labour before July 4

The Independent UK

‘I’ve dealt with that’: Keir Starmer dodges questions about Diane Abbott

Rishi Sunak said it was ‘clear’ Angela Rayner is in charge as allies deny the Labour leader was bounced into a decision

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Ex-military chief says Rishi Sunak’s national service plan is ‘bonkers’

Prime minister says plans would give young people ‘shared sense of purpose’

The Independent UK

What is National Service and how would it work as Rishi Sunak announces mandatory scheme

What exactly are the Tories proposing and could teenagers be arrested for refusing call-up?

The Guardian - UK

‘No return to austerity under a Labour government,’ says shadow chancellor – as it happened

Rachel Reeves says Labour plans for an immediate injection of cash into frontline public services if party gets into government

The Guardian - UK

What’s the point of Starmer’s Labour if it won’t stand up for poor, sick or disabled people?

The party should be a beacon of hope for people on benefits. Instead, with a 30-point poll lead, it’s parroting Tory soundbites, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on young people’s mental health: this decline must be reversed

Editorial: Warnings about benefits will not solve the interlinked problems of worklessness and worsening mental health

The Guardian - UK

Life on benefits will not be an option under Labour, says Liz Kendall

In Demos speech, shadow work and pensions secretary takes tough stance on welfare as she lays out plans for young

The Guardian - UK

Labour ‘must spend billions on welfare or poverty will soar’

Britain’s benefits system needs urgent reform, at a cost of £12bn, charities and experts warn

The National (Scotland)

'Depressing' Labour refuse to reject hike in overseas worker salary threshold

A LABOUR shadow minister has said her party agrees with a hike in the minimum salary threshold for overseas workers to bring their family members to…

The Independent UK

Hunt’s Autumn Budget could see benefits cut by thousands unless people can work from home

Hundreds of thousands with serious mobility and mental health issues told to ‘make work pay’ from home, as chancellor admits more work to be done on the economy but claims tax cut plans show Tories ‘reject big government’

The Independent UK

Economy has ‘turned a corner’, says Trott as Hunt mulls tax cuts

The Chancellor will deliver his autumn statement on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

Labour would treat health and work as ‘two sides of same coin’, says Liz Kendall

Exclusive: Shadow work and pensions secretary gives first interview in new role

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