Dossier
Welfare Bill
Coverage of Welfare Bill in the Nexus archive.
- Britain's welfare bill continues to soar as 4 million people now claim main disability benefit - as Labour struggles to fund defence plan
Britain's welfare bill is increasing with 4 million people claiming the main disability benefit. Labour is facing challenges in funding its defense plan.
- Farage wages 'war': Reform leader tells Mail he'll face down riots, protests and strikes to cut Britain's bloated welfare bill
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, pledges to confront riots, protests, and strikes to reduce Britain's welfare spending. He frames the effort as a 'war' against a 'bloated' welfare system.
- 'We cannot defend Britain with an ever expanding welfare bill', says Ex-Labour minister who Starmer tasked with writing his defence review... and who has now lost all confidence in dithering PM
An ex-Labour minister, tasked by Starmer with writing a defence review, criticizes the government's expanding welfare bill and expresses loss of confidence in the PM's handling of defense issues.