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  • Monday, 14 October, 2019
    Robert Shrimsley
    Parliament is heroically fighting a cynical Brexit betrayal myth

    The disgrace is on the part of those who are turning the nation against principled MPs

  • Monday, 10 June, 2019
    News in-depthConservative Party UK
    Johnson comes under relentless attack in Tory leadership race

    Rival candidates take aim at former foreign secretary without naming him

  • Monday, 27 May, 2019
    European Parliament elections
    Brexit party’s storming victory ramps up no-deal pressure

    Huge poll losses spark fresh concerns for Tories and Labour on EU withdrawal policy

  • Monday, 20 May, 2019
    Conservative Party UK
    Tory factions set out their stalls ahead of leadership battle

    ‘One Nation’ and ‘Blue Collar’ groups test the waters with centrist and Brexiter blocs

  • Monday, 11 February, 2019
    Universal credit
    Welfare reform ‘could have’ fuelled food bank use, admits Rudd

    Minister says slow payments may have been issue in forcing claimants to charities

  • Friday, 16 November, 2018
    Amber Rudd
    Amber Rudd to return to UK cabinet as May’s work and pensions secretary
  • Thursday, 15 November, 2018
    Brexit
    Resignations rock Theresa May’s government

    EU-UK withdrawal agreement in doubt after Raab and McVey quit in protest at deal

  • Thursday, 15 November, 2018
    Brexit
    Esther McVey latest minister to resign over Brexit deal
  • Monday, 5 November, 2018
    Universal credit
    Esther McVey softens universal credit terms after Budget

    Cash from chancellor to ease clawback of advances and allow previous payments to run longer

  • Thursday, 25 October, 2018
    UK welfare reform
    Universal credit causing ‘unacceptable hardship’, MPs warn

    ‘Defensive’ ministers accused of turning deaf ear to flaws in flagship welfare reform

  • Sunday, 14 October, 2018
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Universal credit needs a pause and more money

    The UK government must listen to concerns about welfare reforms

  • Thursday, 11 October, 2018
    UK politics & policy
    Universal credit will leave some people ‘worse off’, says minister

    UK’s work and pensions secretary makes admission over flagship welfare reforms

  • Tuesday, 11 September, 2018
    US & Canadian companies
    Demand for choice will drive UK’s pensions revolution

    Government plans will help millennials find out where their pensions savings are invested

  • Friday, 31 August, 2018
    Insurance
    Industry prepares to launch its own ‘pensions dashboard’

    Leading providers band together as fears grow that government will drop support

  • Thursday, 30 August, 2018
    Workplace pensions
    Scrapping ‘pensions dashboard’ could cost savers millions

    Inability to track down lost savings could dent retirement income, says study

  • Thursday, 9 August, 2018
    Work & Careers
    The decline of the student summer job

    Fewer young people are working part-time. Can a UK government campaign change that?

  • Wednesday, 4 July, 2018
    UK politics & policy
    McVey apologises for ‘incorrect’ comments on universal credit

    Work and pensions secretary tells MPs she ‘inadvertently’ misled them

  • Wednesday, 4 July, 2018
    UK politics & policy
    McVey ‘will correct’ statement on universal credit, PM says
  • Friday, 23 June, 2017
    Brexit
    Majority of new Conservative MPs backed UK to remain in EU

    Party still leaning towards EU, suggesting flexibility over Brexit

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