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MPs including select committee chairs express doubts that concessions agreed last week go far enoughDowning Street’s plans to see off a major Labour welfare rebellion were in chaos on Monday night, amid continued brinkmanship between MPs and the government over the scale of the concessions.There was significant division between government departments over how to respond to rebels’ demands – with seemingly little idea how to quell continuing anger ahead of the knife-edge vote on Tuesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/30/welfare-reforms-could-push-150000-into-poverty-despite-concessions-impact-report-shows Author : Jessica Elgot and Pippa Crerar Publish date : 2025-06-30 19:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Andy McDonald says MPs are being asked to vote without vital evidence but work and pensions secretary says employment support programmes are being improvedThe Department for Work and Pensions has just published an analysis saying that, allowing for the concesssions announced last week, the welfare cuts will still push an extra 150,000 people into relative poverty.Here is the key chart from the document. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jun/30/welfare-bill-keir-starmer-liz-kendall-rebels-labour-latest-politics-live-news Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2025-06-30 16:40:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Santos Cerdán’s alleged criminal activities put Pedro Sánchez’s government under pressure to call fresh electionsA former senior official in Spain’s ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE) has been remanded in custody by a supreme court judge investigating corruption allegations that have put the country’s centre-left government under unprecedented pressure.Santos Cerdán, who served as the PSOE’s organisational secretary and was the righthand man of the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, quit earlier this month after a judge found “firm evidence” of his possible involvement in taking kickbacks on public construction contracts. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/30/spanish-pm-former-right-hand-man-detained-corruption-investigation Author : Sam Jones in