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Ministers have made another concession to their flagship welfare bill, over an amendment tabled by the Labour MP Marie Tidball in an attempt to enshrine safeguards…

Victims of the infected blood scandal have “not been listened to” by ministers, the chair of the inquiry has said in a report urging an overhaul…

“Huge swathes” of severely disabled people will be hit by the planned universal credit cuts, contrary to government claims that they will be protected, charities say.Organisations…

Ministers must use “incredible sensitivity” when making changes to the special educational needs system, the former education secretary David Blunkett has said, as the government is…

Ministers are facing calls to not cut education plans for children and young people with special needs and disabilities (Send).Campaigners say education, health and care plans…

Back in the early 1970s when he was lead singer with the Faces, few of his fans would have expected Rod Stewart to be still belting…

The amount of time off and pay new parents can get after the birth of a child will be looked at in a “landmark” review, the…

Strongly worded emails are not doing it. Appeals to MPs are not doing it. Taking to the streets in our hundreds of thousands with banners and…

MPs and the parliamentary process rarely get a good press. Most citizens do not trust either of them much. As a result, the decline of parliament’s…

A member of the House of Lords lobbied the government to get financial support worth millions of pounds for a commercial deal he was steering, documents…