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Angela Rayner has said Nigel Farage “promised the world the moon on a stick” with Brexit and Britain has not seen any of the benefits.Asked about the prospect of Reform UK winning a general election, she said: “Nigel Farage was the key architect for Brexit, and all these wonderful things we were going to get, and we haven’t had those wonderful things. “Now we can argue this, we were promised a lot, and we haven’t had that. So I think you have to be very skeptical about people that will promise the world the moon on a stick, and then there’s no detail of how they can actually deliver it.” More

Reform UK has released a video mocking Labour ahead of their anniversary of winning the general election on July 4.A parody style music advert called “Now That’s What I Call U-Turns” was shared by Nigel Farage’s party on Tuesday (1 July) with the caption: ”One year of Starmer, one year of u-turns”.The video references several of Labour’s controversial policies, including winter fuel payments with the song “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice playing in the background, whilst their early release of prisoners was referenced with Queen’s “I Want to Break Free”.Former party chairman Zia Yusuf shared the video with the caption: “The Reform digital team really is in a class of its own.” More

Good Morning Britain’s Ed Balls and Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury clashed over welfare cuts, with the presenter chastising the Tory MP for “waffling”.Appearing on the ITV show on Wednesday (2 July), after Gareth Davies failed to say where the Conservatives would be making cuts instead, Mr Balls chastised him for “failing to answer the question”“Don’t go all waffley on us at this point in the interview” he told Mr Davies, to which the MP disputed. “It isn’t waffle, it’s about reform”.The Tory MP critiqued Labour’s watered-down bill that was passed yesterday in the House of Commons, after the party revised some cuts to universal credit. More

A disabled Labour MP cried as she delivered an impassioned speech criticising her party’s welfare cuts on Tuesday, 1 July.Marie Tidball, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge since 2024, explained that she felt compelled to join politics after the Conservatives’ series of severe spending cuts and tax increases when they were last in government.Ms Tidball, who was born with a congenital disability affecting all four limbs, condemned Labour’s proposed cuts and confirmed that she would be voting against the bill.The bill would see changes made to personal independence payment (Pip) and the health-related element of universal credit. More

If you are experiencing feelings of distress and isolation, or are struggling to cope, The Samaritans offer support; you can speak to someone for free over the phone, in confidence, on 116 123 (UK and ROI), email jo@samaritans.org, or visit the Samaritans website to find details of your nearest branch.Rachael Maskell became emotional whilst describing the impact of welfare cuts on her constituent on Tuesday (1 July). The Labour MP for York Central, who put forward a second amendment rejecting the Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill, said her disabled constituent told her that “it would be better if he wasn’t here”.The bill would see changes made to personal independence payment (Pip) and the health-related element of universal credit. More

Watch the moment MPs voted in favour of the assisted dying bill which will legalise the right for terminally ill people in England and Wales to end their own life with medical assistance.Following a debate on the The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Commons on Friday (20 June), MPs voted 314 to 219 in favour of the legislation.It will now transfer to the House of Lords for several more stages of scrutiny.Kim Leadbeater, who proposed the bill, was seen crying in the chamber as it was passed. More

Watch the moment MPs voted in favour of the assisted dying bill which will legalise the right for terminally ill people in England and Wales to end their own life with medical assistance.Following a debate on the The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Commons on Friday (20 June), MPs voted 314 to 219 in favour of the legislation.It will now transfer to the House of Lords for several more stages of scrutiny.Kim Leadbeater, who proposed the bill, was seen crying in the chamber as it was passed. More