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The extraordinary thing about Tuesday’s welfare reform vote is it felt, albeit perhaps just fleetingly, like the fraught and chaotic parliamentary rows about Brexit.Or even the…

Twelve of England’s regional mayors have signed up to an unprecedented plan to create a “national active travel network”, focusing initially on helping children to walk,…

MPs have voted for changes to the welfare system which alters the criteria for some benefits.After weeks of deliberation, and significant climbdowns by ministers to avoid…

Keir Starmer has been forced to abandon the central plank of his welfare bill to get it past its first Commons hurdle, with a dramatic climbdown…

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The government has won a vote on its benefits bill by 75 votes, but only after offering huge last-minute concessions to Labour rebels.The government had already…

Keir Starmer is set to offer Labour backbenchers a further concession over disability benefits in a last-ditch attempt to limit the largest rebellion of his premiership…

Sam FrancisPolitical reporterSimon JonesBBC News, South EastReporting fromDunkirk, FrancePA MediaNearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the…

Will welfare bill go through? Pippa Crerar on latest state of playThis is from Pippa Crerar, the Guardian’s political editor, with her latest take on the…

“I’ve not had as much quality time with my colleagues since the Brexit wars,” a minister told me with a wry smile.A remark that gets to…