Why is Keir Starmer’s government seeking to cut the benefits bill?

Labour targeting sickness and disability benefits that have ballooned amid increasingly ageing and unwell population

Keir Starmer's government is aiming to cut billions of pounds from welfare spending before the spring statement.

The prime minister has warned that Britain's benefits system is the worst of all worlds", before the government publishes a green paper on sickness and disability benefit changes next week. Starmer is facing the biggest rebellion of his premiership over the plans.