The UK Government Should Never Have Entertained the Thought of Cutting Benefits

The UK Government should never have entertained the thought of cutting benefits

Writing in the Daily Record, Scottish Labour MP Brian Leishman says reducing welfare spending is "cruel and wicked".

Poll shows public are opposed to government’s disability benefit cuts

A new poll has indicated that more people oppose the government’s proposed cuts to disability benefits than support then. According to the poll, conducted by YouGov, 40 per cent of the British public oppose the cuts, compared to 26 per cent who say they support them. Opposition to the cuts is almost universal across the political spectrum, with Labour, Lib Dem, Green and Reform voters all opposing them. Only among Tory voters is support for the …

Eastwood to oppose British Government’s disability cuts

SDLP Foyle MP Colum EastwoodSDLP Foyle MP Colum Eastwood is set to vote against planned cuts to disability support when the British Government’s Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill comes to the House of Commons later today. Mr Eastwood previously signed a reasoned amendment alongside more than 100 MPs from other parties opposing the bill and said that while significant concessions have been extracted from the government, the …