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Kemi Badenoch to call for tougher restrictions on benefits to cut welfare bill
Kemi Badenoch will call for health benefits to be restricted to people with the most serious conditions, as she sets out her ...
Labour’s welfare reform bill passes Commons despite 47-strong rebellion
MPs have voted in favour of Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial welfare reforms but 47 Labour MPs rebelled against the ...
Conservatives raised a record $48.5M last year — and spent even more
The Conservative Party's spending outstripped its record fundraising total in 2024 as it ramped up advertising and internal ...
Badenoch dismisses Farage as ‘Corbyn with a pint and cigarette’
Kemi Badenoch will dismiss Nigel Farage as “Corbyn with a pint and a cigarette” as she accuses him of “turning a blind eye” ...
Government sees off backbench rebellion as welfare reforms clear Commons
If you can work, you should,’ social security minister Sir Stephen Timms told MPs before they voted on the welfare reforms.
Kemi Badenoch to attack Nigel Farage in major welfare speech
Kemi Badenoch will warn that Britain is "sitting on a ticking time bomb" of spiralling welfare dependency. In a speech on Thursday, the Tory leader is set to accuse Labour and Reform UK of "turning a ...