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Tories defend 'triple lock plus' pensions campaign promise dubbed 'laughable' by Labour

Mel Stride also insists proposal for national service at age 18 is a ‘great idea’

Evening Standard

Minister says Tories will pay for pensions policy by clamping down on tax avoidance

Mel Stride says pensioners will pay more income tax under Labour as critics say plan is merely reversal of previous Tory policy

The Guardian - UK

DWP under investigation over disability benefit assessments after claimant deaths

Possible sanctions include an unlimited fine if ministers are found to have broken the law

The Independent UK

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The Govester goes rogue and veers from history lecture to full-on rant

Giving a keynote speech about antisemitism, the minister let himself show his real self – his nasty self

The Guardian - UK

Growing calls for Ken Clarke to be stripped of his peerage over infected blood scandal

Damning final report of the official inquiry into the tragedy accused the Tory grandee of ‘indefensible’ actions and ‘misleading’ the public

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak slams 'deeply unhelpful' ICC bid to arrest Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

But Amnesty hits back to accuse UK of undermining the court and ‘opposing the search for justice’

Evening Standard

Infected blood victims to get interim payments of £210,000 within 90 days – as it happened

John Glen, Cabinet Office minister, tells Commons that those infected will be able to claim compensation as well as the estates of those who have died

The Guardian - UK

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Police to look 'very carefully' at corporate manslaughter charges for infected blood scandal, says minister

The Infected Blood Inquiry delivered a damning report into the biggest treatment scandal in NHS history

Evening Standard

MPs call for issues leaving carers with huge debts to be fixed ‘without delay’

Committee chair says UK government has known for years about flaws in benefit system and needs to ‘get a grip’

The Guardian - UK

Ministers urged to act quickly on state pension communication compensation plans

It comes after a Work and Pensions Committee session with campaigners from Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) and the PSHO.

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt and Mel Stride warn against benefits ‘lifestyle choice’

Ministers ramp up anti-welfare rhetoric a day after data showed increase in UK unemployment

The Guardian - UK

UK Says Defence Ministry Targeted In Cyberattack

A senior British lawmaker said on Tuesday China was probably behind a massive cyberattack on the names and banking details of UK armed forces personnel, prompting a furious denial by Beijing.

International Business Times

Minister insists UK vigilant on cybersecurity after China blamed for hack against armed forces personnel

Initial investigations have not shown any data was taken, but affected personnel are being alerted and given support

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on disability benefit reform: the latest proposals are dangerously out of touch

Editorial: Threatening to withdraw personal independence payments will only ramp up stress on unwell people

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Take it from a psychologist: Rishi Sunak’s callous crusade on welfare will have disastrous consequences

Targeting people who need support for depression and anxiety will only make these growing problems worse, says Jay Watts, a clinical psychologist

The Guardian - UK

So UK ministers want to fob off disabled people with vouchers? It’s like government by Groupon

What ministers herald as key reform would be laughable if it wasn’t so harmful, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

International Business Times UK

'Go To Therapy and Get Back To Work': UK's Sunak and Ministers Crack Down On 'Sick Note Culture'

Government proposes major overhaul of disability benefits amid concerns over NHS backlogs and patient wait times for mental health treatment.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak vows crackdown on 'sick note culture' with new benefit rules to get fit people back to work

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gave major speech in London on welfare reform as benefits bill ‘reaches £69billion’

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The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Sturgeon says it is ‘incredibly difficult’ after husband charged – as it happened

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon addresses arrest of husband and former SNP chief executive outside Glasgow home

The Guardian - UK

Those signed off feeling depressed classed as incapable of work, says Stride

Work and pensions secretary attacks system of dealing with minor mental health problems as PM takes aim at ‘sicknote culture’

Evening Standard

'No cabinet split' over Gaza but government 'deeply concerned' about some of Israel's actions - minister

The UK is under pressure to suspended arms sales and publish legal advice about whether the offensive in Gaza has broken international humanitarian laws

The Guardian - UK

Post Office minister: people responsible for the Horizon scandal ‘should go to jail’ – as it happened

Kevin Hollinrake has said in his view ‘people should be prosecuted’

Evening Standard

Tory MP caught in 'Westminster honeytrap' guilty of 'exceptionally inappropriate' behaviour - minister

Tories face calls to suspend whip from William Wragg MP

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: The truth about claims people ‘use’ their mental health to avoid work

In today’s newsletter: Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride claims 94% of those going to the doctors feeling ‘bluesy’ will be signed off work. What’s the evidence for this claim?

The Guardian - UK

If the Tories really cared about mental health, they’d stop trying to score cheap points

Mel Stride’s crass comments about chasing ill people into work can’t conceal his motive – to save money on benefits, says columnist Micha Frazer-Carroll

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