The new Prime Minister learns he has narrow fiscal running room.

A SENIOR Government tsar says Britain’s welfare state is so lax even she would qualify as disabled. Baroness Louise Casey ...

Andy Burnham wants to cut the benefits bill – these are his main options - The new prime minister says Britain has to be ...

Mr Healey was the shock appointment in Andy Burnham’s cabinet. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and Home Secretary Shabana ...

BENEFIT claimants face tougher hurdles to get cash after Andy Burnham vowed to “get really serious” about bringing down the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Britain’s benefits bill for people with bad backs has more than doubled to almost £1.9bn a year, new figures have revealed.

Since taking office, the Prime Minister has said Britain 'must get really serious' about curbing welfare spending.

Labour MPs have threatened to rebel if Andy Burnham makes “punitive” cuts to welfare. The Prime Minister is planning to strip young people of their benefits unless they agree ...

A KEY disability benefit is not working for millions of disabled ­people and needs fundamental reform, a government review has concluded. The review’s author, disability minister Sir Stephen Timms, ...

Andy Burnham is plotting a crackdown on youth sickness benefits as he scrambles to find billions of pounds for spending on social care and defence.