Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

DWP PIP payments could be stopped for more than a million people under new plans

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PIP payments could be stopped for more than a million people under new plans to reform the DWP benefit. The UK government’s welfare reform proposals could see Personal Independence Payments (PIP), worth up to £737.20 every four weeks, stopped and replaced with talking therapies for more than a million people with mental illnesses. Disability charity … Read more

Ministers ‘too weak’ in response to massive Chinese cyber attack on election watchdog

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Ministers were accused of being too weak in their response to China after a cyber attack on Britain’s election watchdog, which had access to the names and addresses of millions of voters. Britain said it called on China’s ambassador to protest and said it was acting in coordination with its ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence partners, including … Read more