A rebel amendment that could halt the bill is selected, meaning MPs will have the chance to vote on it after the debate.

Labour MPs from marginal seats who are well organised and want to represent their constituents' views are creating a perfect ...

In March 2003, as the Commons geared up to vote on whether to back Tony Blair over his support for the US invasion of Iraq, ...

There is a better prime minister in there fighting to get out, but there is every chance his better elements will prevail ...

A remark that gets to the heart of this benefits row within the Labour Party: this is a government with a big majority, that ...

Lawyers for Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice Monday morning, where their ...

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The government has admitted that Sir Keir Starmer’s benefit cuts will still push 150,000 people into relative poverty, despite the prime minister watering down the measures.An assessment of the impact ...

The figure is 100,000 lower than before the Prime Minister was forced into a partial U-turn as a result of a Labour revolt.

Blair bossed the then prime minister by leaning across the despatch box with a nasty-looking sneer across his face and declared, with great theatrical skill and maximum disdain: “There is one very big ...

Around 150,000 more people will be pushed into relative poverty by 2030 because of welfare changes, the government's modelling has suggested. The figure is down from the 250,000 extra people estimated ...