11/03/2025 12:21
The Guardian
Council has defended new guidelines, saying claims they would lead to ‘two-tier justice’ were ‘completely wrong’At the parliamentary Labour party meeting last night, Keir Starmer strongly defended the government’s plans to cut sickness and disability benefits, saying the current system is the “worst of all worlds”. Jessica Elgot and Patrick Butler have the full story here.But Starmer’s plans are bound to fail, according to John McTernan, who was political secretary to Tony Blair when he was PM and who worked as a special adviser to Harriet Harman when, as social security secretary, she tried to cut disability benefits.The one lobby that defeated Tony Blair’s welfare reforms wasn’t lone parents – their cut went through despite a massive rebellion. It was disability cuts which were ditched once they were floated. The disability lobby is massive and influential because disability itself is distributed widely across the country.Labour tested the public’s patience when it took winter fuel payments from 10m pensioners with no warning. It risks losing support for the benefit cuts it is trailing. Continue reading...
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