The economist is ripping Republican’s “cruel” efforts to rein in out-of-control Medicaid spending, even though he himself ...

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall insisted she was motivated by getting people into work rather than cutting costs.

When the children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza reported to government this week that large numbers of children are ...

Kemi Badenoch will warn that Britain is “sitting on a ticking time bomb” of spiralling welfare dependency. In a speech on ...

MPs have voted in favour of Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial welfare reforms but 47 Labour MPs rebelled against the ...

This latest blow for the Tories is significant because it shows that professional politicians, not just angry ideologues, are now willing to follow Nigel Farage, writes political editor David Maddox ...

As the Monsoon session of Parliament approaches, the government has listed several new bills, including the Income Tax Bill ...

Kemi Badenoch has hit back at Tory defectors to Reform UK, accusing them of behaving “like they do in banana republics”.

The Tory leader responded to the latest defection to Reform UK by accusing people of acting as if they were in a 'banana ...

Kemi Badenoch has hit back at Tory defectors to Reform UK, accusing them of behaving “like they do in banana republics”.

If you can work, you should,’ social security minister Sir Stephen Timms told MPs before they voted on the welfare reforms.