OBR slashes economic growth forecast as 3m families to be hit by welfare cuts - Quarter of a million people, including 50,000 ...

A disabled mother whose three children are also disabled fears for their future as Rachel Reeves seals their fate with her welfare changes in today's Spring Statement ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered her Spring Statement, confirming the 2025 growth estimate for the UK has been halved ...

Charities had already reported a surge in calls and visits to their advice pages following a welfare reform announcement last ...

The changes, confirmed in Spring Statement costing documents published after Reeves’s speech, mean the Universal Credit ...

Reeves said Labour will also bring forward £3.25 billion of investment to “reduce the costs of running the government by 15% by the end of the decade”. Part of the funding will be for a voluntary exit ...

Disposable income growth will vary significantly around the 0.5% five-year average, the OBR said. UK households will have ...

Rachel Reeves's welfare changes are also predicted to leave 3.8 million families better off, but by a lower amount.

The DWP impact assessment of the health and disability benefit cuts also says that will put an extra 250,000 people, ...

Welfare cuts proposed by the Government are facing criticism from charities and health experts, who warn the measures could ...

After promising just one fiscal event a year, Reeves had her statement branded an “emergency budget” by shadow chancellor Mel ...

The government is expected to reveal further cutbacks to the welfare state as part of the spring statement today ...